Simon
Simon is ranked 252nd among boys in 2024 (1,402 births). Its best rank was 142nd, in 1886, 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- #252down 4 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4020.08% of boys
- Peak year
- 20151,645 births
- Best rank
- #142first in 1886
- Since 1880
- 68,732people given the name
The story in the numbers
68,732 boys have been named Simon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 1,645 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 231 → 252).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2010s alone account for 22%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Simon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 841 | |
| 1890s | 731 | |
| 1900s | 778 | |
| 1910s | 2,780 | |
| 1920s | 3,210 | |
| 1930s | 2,124 | |
| 1940s | 2,068 | |
| 1950s | 2,120 | |
| 1960s | 2,191 | |
| 1970s | 3,576 | |
| 1980s | 5,394 | |
| 1990s | 7,513 | |
| 2000s | 13,426 | |
| 2010s | 14,875 | |
| 2020s | 7,105 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Simon was the 235th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Simon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abrahampeak 2016
- Turnerpeak 2019
- Solomonpeak 2016
- Hugopeak 2006
- Emanuelpeak 2007
- Edsonpeak 2019
- Bishoppeak 2021
- Ephraimpeak 2017
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.