Simcha
Simcha is a Hebrew word that means "gladness", or "joy", and is often used as a given name.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Simcha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Simcha is a Hebrew word that means "gladness", or "joy", and is often used as a given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Simcha
As a girl name
Simcha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1979, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 12 births, good for #8,280 nationwide. About 37% of every Simcha on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Simcha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 222 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Simcha on the record books as a boy name in 1956, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 86 Simchas were born — ranking #1,790 that year. About 29% of every Simcha on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Simcha ranks #2,120 for boys with 71 births, holding steady (-3%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Simcha
Simcha is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Simcha's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #1,790. Use the chart and map above to compare Simcha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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