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Simeon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 197 in 2025. Its best rank was #360 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #360 in 1880; #1,094 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Simeon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,094 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #360.
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Simeon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 197 boys in 2025. Peak: #360 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 222 (2019).
In 2025, 197 US boys were named Simeon, making it the 1,094th most common boys’ name of the year, up 37 places from #1,131 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 188 boys named Simeon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #360, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 222, in 2019. For comparison, it was #1,004 in 2015 and #1,312 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Simeon in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 23 babies. In all, 9,487 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,978 babies named Simeon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,921 US boys were named Simeon; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 222. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,670 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Simeon ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #475 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Simon (70,444 babies since 1880) and Simone (28,067 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Si and Sion.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 11 | #475 | #593 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #506 | #704 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #571 | #1,139 |
| Virginia | 11 | #662 | #969 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #763 | #1,279 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #803 | — |
| Missouri | 6 | #859 | #812 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #862 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #885 | #929 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,068 | #778 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,094 | #962 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,100 | #897 |
| New York | 8 | #1,384 | #1,598 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,598 | #1,366 |
| Texas | 10 | #1,733 | #1,521 |
| California | 8 | #1,962 | #1,154 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 197 | #1,094 |
| 2024 | — | — | 188 | #1,131 |
| 2023 | — | — | 184 | #1,141 |
| 2022 | — | — | 148 | #1,294 |
| 2021 | — | — | 182 | #1,124 |
| 2020 | — | — | 180 | #1,103 |
| 2019 | — | — | 222 | #965 |
| 2018 | — | — | 204 | #1,014 |
| 2017 | — | — | 214 | #971 |
| 2016 | — | — | 202 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | — | — | 204 | #1,004 |
| 2014 | — | — | 176 | #1,091 |
| 2013 | — | — | 178 | #1,060 |
| 2012 | — | — | 205 | #977 |
| 2011 | 5 | #19,182 | 172 | #1,087 |
| 2010 | — | — | 196 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | — | — | 196 | #1,006 |
| 2008 | — | — | 210 | #959 |
| 2007 | — | — | 215 | #924 |
| 2006 | — | — | 196 | #952 |
| 2005 | — | — | 216 | #853 |
| 2004 | — | — | 209 | #852 |
| 2003 | — | — | 211 | #831 |
| 2002 | — | — | 149 | #1,031 |
| 2001 | — | — | 156 | #986 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,245 | 174 | #898 |
| 1999 | — | — | 157 | #934 |
| 1998 | — | — | 175 | #840 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,804 | 143 | #947 |
| 1996 | — | — | 149 | #900 |
| 1995 | — | — | 116 | #1,039 |
| 1994 | — | — | 91 | #1,210 |
| 1993 | — | — | 101 | #1,125 |
| 1992 | — | — | 92 | #1,155 |
| 1991 | — | — | 89 | #1,180 |
| 1990 | — | — | 91 | #1,133 |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,245 | 111 | #973 |
| 1988 | — | — | 88 | #1,064 |
| 1987 | — | — | 80 | #1,076 |
| 1986 | — | — | 81 | #1,038 |
| 1985 | — | — | 73 | #1,092 |
| 1984 | — | — | 89 | #937 |
| 1983 | — | — | 77 | #1,014 |
| 1982 | — | — | 79 | #1,022 |
| 1981 | — | — | 100 | #893 |
| 1980 | — | — | 100 | #898 |
| 1979 | — | — | 69 | #1,075 |
| 1978 | — | — | 61 | #1,132 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,048 | 79 | #969 |
| 1976 | — | — | 64 | #1,047 |
| 1975 | — | — | 64 | #1,040 |
| 1974 | — | — | 59 | #1,081 |
| 1973 | — | — | 55 | #1,105 |
| 1972 | — | — | 60 | #1,047 |
| 1971 | — | — | 47 | #1,208 |
| 1970 | — | — | 45 | #1,251 |
| 1969 | — | — | 31 | #1,461 |
| 1968 | — | — | 28 | #1,502 |
| 1967 | — | — | 22 | #1,704 |
| 1966 | — | — | 33 | #1,342 |
| 1965 | — | — | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1964 | — | — | 30 | #1,460 |
| 1963 | — | — | 36 | #1,316 |
| 1962 | — | — | 30 | #1,452 |
| 1961 | — | — | 19 | #1,938 |
| 1960 | — | — | 30 | #1,480 |
| 1959 | — | — | 29 | #1,496 |
| 1958 | — | — | 29 | #1,478 |
| 1957 | — | — | 25 | #1,628 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,414 |
| 1955 | — | — | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1954 | — | — | 22 | #1,664 |
| 1953 | — | — | 25 | #1,546 |
| 1952 | — | — | 25 | #1,545 |
| 1951 | — | — | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1950 | — | — | 31 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | — | — | 15 | #2,013 |
| 1948 | — | — | 31 | #1,320 |
| 1947 | — | — | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,685 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,529 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,362 |
| 1943 | — | — | 23 | #1,483 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,794 |
| 1941 | — | — | 25 | #1,369 |
| 1940 | — | — | 20 | #1,564 |
| 1939 | — | — | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1938 | — | — | 23 | #1,434 |
| 1937 | — | — | 14 | #1,979 |
| 1936 | — | — | 14 | #1,953 |
| 1935 | — | — | 23 | #1,449 |
| 1934 | — | — | 20 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | — | — | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1932 | — | — | 29 | #1,284 |
| 1931 | — | — | 27 | #1,356 |
| 1930 | — | — | 28 | #1,394 |
| 1929 | — | — | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1928 | — | — | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1926 | — | — | 28 | #1,400 |
| 1925 | — | — | 33 | #1,277 |
| 1924 | — | — | 38 | #1,185 |
| 1923 | — | — | 26 | #1,492 |
| 1922 | — | — | 22 | #1,687 |
| 1921 | — | — | 23 | #1,640 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,413 |
| 1919 | — | — | 32 | #1,262 |
| 1918 | — | — | 28 | #1,370 |
| 1917 | — | — | 34 | #1,168 |
| 1916 | — | — | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1915 | — | — | 34 | #1,122 |
| 1914 | — | — | 21 | #1,337 |
| 1913 | — | — | 18 | #1,244 |
| 1912 | — | — | 22 | #994 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,277 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,108 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,422 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,199 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #993 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #749 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,077 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,286 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #789 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #1,044 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #882 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,044 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,087 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #673 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #943 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #824 |
| 1892 | — | — | 13 | #593 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #984 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #519 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #461 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #908 |
| 1886 | — | — | 14 | #506 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #634 |
| 1884 | — | — | 19 | #428 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #518 |
| 1882 | — | — | 19 | #423 |
| 1881 | — | — | 17 | #430 |
| 1880 | — | — | 23 | #360 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).