Simpson peaked in the US in 1884 at #520, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Simpson as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
1992
#8,435 (5)
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1991
#7,271 (6)
#1,680 (5)
1989
#5,165 (9)
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1988
#7,270 (5)
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1986
#4,853 (8)
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1985
#5,147 (7)
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1983
#5,484 (6)
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1978
#5,059 (6)
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1977
#5,123 (6)
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1976
#5,587 (5)
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1974
#5,227 (5)
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1973
#5,101 (5)
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1971
#4,907 (5)
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1969
#3,935 (6)
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1968
#4,136 (5)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1884 at #520.
First recorded in the US in 1883.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.