Meaning not yet researched.
Simon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,529 in 2025. Its best rank was #142 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #142 in 1888; #230 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Simon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#230 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #142.
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Simon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,529 boys in 2025. Peak: #142 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 1,645 (2015).
In 2025, 1,529 US boys were named Simon, making it the 230th most common boys’ name of the year, up 21 places from #251 in 2024. That is 117 more than the 1,412 boys named Simon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #142, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,645, in 2015. For comparison, it was #235 in 2015 and #443 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Simon in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 88 babies with the name. In all, 70,444 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 14,904 babies named Simon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,462 US boys were named Simon; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,558. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,117 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Simon ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #65 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Simone (28,067 babies since 1880), Simeon (9,487 babies since 1880), Shimon (5,492 babies since 1880) and Symone (4,376 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Simonne, Symon and Szymon are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Si and Sion.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Simonne (876), Symon (491), Szymon (423), Semone (247), Symeon (219), Cimone (202), Simmone (184), Simion (31), Simmon (31), Seamon (23), Semon (17), Cymon (15), and more.
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 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 13 | #65 | #95 |
| Vermont | 6 | #101 | — |
| Minnesota | 57 | #112 | #114 |
| Washington | 58 | #142 | #143 |
| Iowa | 30 | #142 | #189 |
| Kansas | 25 | #158 | #252 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #163 | #192 |
| Wisconsin | 38 | #168 | #148 |
| Oregon | 25 | #169 | #169 |
| Utah | 33 | #169 | #188 |
| Missouri | 42 | #169 | #216 |
| Pennsylvania | 74 | #174 | #179 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | #177 | #164 |
| Ohio | 73 | #181 | #174 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #184 | #126 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #187 | #179 |
| Colorado | 37 | #188 | #200 |
| Kentucky | 30 | #191 | #266 |
| New York | 104 | #194 | #180 |
| Montana | 7 | #196 | #127 |
| Maine | 7 | #200 | #131 |
| Delaware | 6 | #200 | — |
| Idaho | 13 | #211 | #263 |
| Michigan | 47 | #213 | #197 |
| Indiana | 40 | #213 | #188 |
| Illinois | 55 | #216 | #247 |
| Virginia | 41 | #221 | #252 |
| Tennessee | 39 | #231 | #265 |
| New Jersey | 38 | #250 | #218 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #264 | #201 |
| Maryland | 21 | #267 | #312 |
| North Carolina | 46 | #268 | #325 |
| California | 125 | #296 | #296 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #305 | #342 |
| Florida | 63 | #313 | #290 |
| Georgia | 39 | #318 | #290 |
| Arizona | 22 | #356 | #455 |
| Nevada | 9 | #360 | #358 |
| Alabama | 15 | #372 | #383 |
| Texas | 96 | #382 | #301 |
| Louisiana | 12 | #421 | #381 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #432 | #394 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #457 | — |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #499 | #370 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,529 | #230 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,412 | #251 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,410 | #248 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,457 | #241 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,429 | #248 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,409 | #249 |
| 2019 | 6 | #15,315 | 1,418 | #257 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,454 | #253 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,386 | #263 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,558 | #244 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,856 | 1,645 | #235 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,619 | #231 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,616 | #229 |
| 2012 | 10 | #11,151 | 1,453 | #252 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,363 | #255 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,368 | #250 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,335 | #261 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,210 | 1,350 | #260 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,352 | #258 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,650 | 1,418 | #239 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,315 | #251 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,309 | #254 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,422 | #235 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,398 | #242 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,581 | 1,276 | #257 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,253 | #263 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,128 | #267 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,996 | 950 | #301 |
| 1997 | — | — | 781 | #334 |
| 1996 | — | — | 728 | #341 |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,427 | 648 | #369 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,708 | 678 | #356 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,635 | 668 | #353 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,401 | 688 | #348 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,133 | 619 | #372 |
| 1990 | — | — | 626 | #372 |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,246 | 575 | #383 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,610 | 587 | #354 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,654 | 581 | #343 |
| 1986 | — | — | 606 | #328 |
| 1985 | — | — | 564 | #338 |
| 1984 | — | — | 655 | #302 |
| 1983 | — | — | 467 | #373 |
| 1982 | 6 | #10,326 | 436 | #388 |
| 1981 | — | — | 464 | #374 |
| 1980 | 6 | #10,202 | 460 | #372 |
| 1979 | — | — | 479 | #366 |
| 1978 | — | — | 349 | #423 |
| 1977 | — | — | 366 | #413 |
| 1976 | — | — | 399 | #387 |
| 1975 | — | — | 342 | #421 |
| 1974 | — | — | 333 | #432 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,266 | 347 | #420 |
| 1972 | — | — | 340 | #433 |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,181 | 338 | #447 |
| 1970 | — | — | 281 | #485 |
| 1969 | — | — | 244 | #497 |
| 1968 | — | — | 251 | #478 |
| 1967 | — | — | 224 | #503 |
| 1966 | — | — | 200 | #542 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,379 | 190 | #557 |
| 1964 | — | — | 221 | #526 |
| 1963 | — | — | 211 | #549 |
| 1962 | — | — | 204 | #553 |
| 1961 | — | — | 227 | #528 |
| 1960 | — | — | 222 | #532 |
| 1959 | — | — | 202 | #551 |
| 1958 | — | — | 197 | #552 |
| 1957 | — | — | 209 | #536 |
| 1956 | — | — | 210 | #521 |
| 1955 | — | — | 224 | #492 |
| 1954 | — | — | 224 | #483 |
| 1953 | — | — | 204 | #493 |
| 1952 | — | — | 230 | #464 |
| 1951 | — | — | 195 | #484 |
| 1950 | — | — | 225 | #443 |
| 1949 | — | — | 199 | #467 |
| 1948 | — | — | 220 | #449 |
| 1947 | 5 | #6,019 | 231 | #440 |
| 1946 | — | — | 209 | #440 |
| 1945 | — | — | 179 | #446 |
| 1944 | — | — | 185 | #447 |
| 1943 | — | — | 250 | #387 |
| 1942 | — | — | 210 | #424 |
| 1941 | — | — | 192 | #425 |
| 1940 | — | — | 193 | #421 |
| 1939 | — | — | 206 | #397 |
| 1938 | — | — | 224 | #377 |
| 1937 | — | — | 195 | #400 |
| 1936 | — | — | 177 | #417 |
| 1935 | — | — | 200 | #385 |
| 1934 | — | — | 197 | #393 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,779 | 196 | #390 |
| 1932 | — | — | 215 | #384 |
| 1931 | — | — | 233 | #369 |
| 1930 | — | — | 281 | #331 |
| 1929 | — | — | 267 | #343 |
| 1928 | — | — | 267 | #348 |
| 1927 | — | — | 283 | #346 |
| 1926 | — | — | 286 | #342 |
| 1925 | — | — | 337 | #310 |
| 1924 | — | — | 330 | #318 |
| 1923 | — | — | 328 | #322 |
| 1922 | — | — | 376 | #291 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,761 | 394 | #282 |
| 1920 | — | — | 342 | #310 |
| 1919 | — | — | 363 | #276 |
| 1918 | — | — | 374 | #275 |
| 1917 | — | — | 358 | #269 |
| 1916 | — | — | 352 | #272 |
| 1915 | — | — | 326 | #270 |
| 1914 | — | — | 274 | #262 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,135 | 238 | #247 |
| 1912 | — | — | 226 | #230 |
| 1911 | — | — | 137 | #217 |
| 1910 | — | — | 132 | #198 |
| 1909 | — | — | 94 | #224 |
| 1908 | — | — | 85 | #226 |
| 1907 | — | — | 79 | #229 |
| 1906 | — | — | 83 | #216 |
| 1905 | — | — | 80 | #214 |
| 1904 | — | — | 76 | #212 |
| 1903 | — | — | 77 | #203 |
| 1902 | — | — | 58 | #246 |
| 1901 | — | — | 72 | #200 |
| 1900 | — | — | 74 | #236 |
| 1899 | — | — | 68 | #198 |
| 1898 | — | — | 68 | #213 |
| 1897 | — | — | 79 | #192 |
| 1896 | — | — | 85 | #194 |
| 1895 | — | — | 57 | #234 |
| 1894 | — | — | 87 | #175 |
| 1893 | — | — | 71 | #204 |
| 1892 | — | — | 80 | #194 |
| 1891 | — | — | 63 | #198 |
| 1890 | — | — | 73 | #185 |
| 1889 | — | — | 69 | #190 |
| 1888 | — | — | 109 | #142 |
| 1887 | — | — | 67 | #187 |
| 1886 | — | — | 97 | #142 |
| 1885 | — | — | 83 | #161 |
| 1884 | — | — | 85 | #165 |
| 1883 | — | — | 90 | #143 |
| 1882 | — | — | 78 | #175 |
| 1881 | — | — | 75 | #164 |
| 1880 | — | — | 88 | #157 |
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).