Given name & surname
Simcha
“joy”·“one who is joyous”·“filled with joy”
Simcha is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “joy”, “one who is joyous” (Hebrew), and “filled with joy” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “joy”, “one who is joyous” (Hebrew), and “filled with joy” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Simcha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,236
- 2,009 boys · 227 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 99 babies
- 2025
- 99
- #1,741 for boys · #16,933 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 95% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 94 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,741 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (51). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,715 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Simcha’s family of names
Simcha has a related form in Simha. Simcha has a related form in Simchea. Simcha has a related form in Simchia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Simcha
- Simha FlapanIsraeli politician (1911–1987)
- Simcha RotemPolish resistance fighter (1924–2018)
- Simcha BlassIsraeli civil engineer (1897–1982)
- Simha ErlichIsraeli politician (1915-1983)
- Simcha RothmanIsraeli lawyer and politicianborn 1980
- Simcha DinitzIsraeli diplomat (1929-2003)
- Simcha JacoboviciCanadian film directorborn 1953
- Simcha Bunim of PeshischaPolish rabbi1765–1827
- Simcha Zissel Zivone of the foremost students of Rabbi Israel Salanter1824–1898
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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