Simba

A boys’ name of Bantu origin, meaning lion.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Simba by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Simba. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Simba. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sambaa lively brazilian dance and music genre12 in the US (2017)
  • SimonGod has heard1,366 in the US (2017)
  • Simchajoy, gladness, celebration49 in the US (2017)
  • Simar14 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a lion

Like Simba, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
  • Leolion3,278 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leonardobrave lion; from Germanic elements4,113 in the US (2017)
  • Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)
  • Leonlion526 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arilion; my lion1,122 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Simba

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