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Simran

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Punjabi origin

Living in the US
~3,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#4,987 among girls
Births in 2025
26 3,000 since 1880
Typical age
21 years, median

Simran popularity over time

Simran rank by birth year, 1982–2025Simran ranked #9,237 in 1982 and #4,987 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,250, in 2001.#10,000#4,987best #1,250 in 20011990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1982–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2000: 165 births recorded as Simran. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #4,987 with 26 births.

Compared with 2015, births are down 63%. Year on year the rank dropped by 948.

Babies named Simran per yearPeaks at 165 births in 2000.165 in 200001990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Simran?

About 3,000 people named Simran are alive in the United States today.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Simran?

Median age among living Simrans: 21. Most living bearers were born in the 2000s. By the site’s era rules that makes Simran a millennial-era name.

Your Simran

Ages of living people named SimranHalf of living Simrans are older than 21 and half younger.median 2102040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Simran is most common

The name is concentrated in New Jersey, at 2.3× the national rate. New York and California follow.

Where Simran is used more than average3 states use the name Simran more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.3× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Simran is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 21 2.3×
New York 37 1.8×
California 79 1.8×

Simran in England and Wales

ONS recorded 24 births named Simran in 2025, ranking it #1,315. That is 23% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Simran comes from

Derived from Punjabi ਸਿਮਰਨ. Doublet of simran.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Punjabi names are used in American and British births on the Punjabi names page.

Notable people named Simran

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Simran Kaur Mundi Indian actress 1988 18
Simran Sharma Indian Paralympic athlete 1999 9
Photo credits (2)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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