Simeon

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #1,091 for boys in 2025, 197 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#356
1880 · 23 births
Debut · boys
1880
23 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,462
since 1880

Simeon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Simeon has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #356, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,091197
2024—#1,129188
2023—#1,140184
2022—#1,289148
2021—#1,119182
2020—#1,101180
2019—#961222
2018—#1,012204
2017—#968214
2016—#1,009202
2015—#998204
2014—#1,089176
2013—#1,058178
2012—#975205
2011#16,7645#1,082172
2010—#997196
2009—#1,004196
2008—#954210
2007—#919215
2006—#948196
2005—#849216
2004—#849209
2003—#828211
2002—#1,026149
2001—#981156
2000#15,0315#895174
1999—#931157
1998—#837175
1997#13,7245#941143
1996—#897149
1995—#1,034116
1994—#1,20791
1993—#1,118101
1992—#1,15092
1991—#1,17089
1990—#1,12991
1989#12,3625#967111
1988—#1,05888
1987—#1,06780
1986—#1,02881
1985—#1,08373
1984—#93189
1983—#1,00677
1982—#1,01979
1981—#890100
1980—#894100
1979—#1,07069
1978—#1,12161
1977#9,6525#96379
1976—#1,04264
1975—#1,02964
1974—#1,07359
1973—#1,09355
1972—#1,04060
1971—#1,19947
1970—#1,23845
1969—#1,44031
1968—#1,47828
1967—#1,65222
1966—#1,32733
1965—#1,45628
1964—#1,43530
1963—#1,30536
1962—#1,42330
1961—#1,87619
1960—#1,46330
1959—#1,46729
1958—#1,44629
1957—#1,58325
1956—#1,38531
1955—#1,68221
1954—#1,62822
1953—#1,50825
1952—#1,51725
1951—#1,51924
1950—#1,28931
1949—#1,94115
1948—#1,29631
1947—#1,51924
1946—#1,64219
1945—#1,49420
1944—#1,32825
1943—#1,46123
1942—#1,73017
1941—#1,33325
1940—#1,51920
1939—#1,35924
1938—#1,39723
1937—#1,91314
1936—#1,87214
1935—#1,42223
1934—#1,55120
1933—#1,33025
1932—#1,25429
1931—#1,33327
1930—#1,36828
1929—#1,21433
1928—#1,96016
1927—#1,46826
1926—#1,37928
1925—#1,24633
1924—#1,16938
1923—#1,46026
1922—#1,64422
1921—#1,58823
1920—#1,38228
1919—#1,24732
1918—#1,34328
1917—#1,15234
1916—#1,20630
1915—#1,10034
1914—#1,30021
1913—#1,20518
1912—#97022
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,04510
1909—#1,2776
1908—#1,1137
1907—#9309
1906—#70912
1905—#1,0027
1904—#9667
1903—#1,1305
1902—#74410
1901—#9436
1900——
1899——
1898—#8048
1897—#9426
1896—#9826
1895—#64011
1894—#8577
1893—#7688
1892—#57213
1891——
1890—#8846
1889—#49814
1888—#44218
1887—#8196
1886—#49114
1885—#60410
1884—#41619
1883—#49713
1882—#41619
1881—#41617
1880—#35623
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Simeon was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Simeon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#1,129 → #1,091)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#1,101 → #1,091)
  • 93 spots since 2015 (#998 → #1,091)
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1888 (#819 → #442)
  • Biggest drop: 386 spots in 1890 (#498 → #884)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #356 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,804
  • Highest: 1 in 4,804 boys born in 1880 were named Simeon (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,670 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 20.9% of all boys named Simeon (1,973) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s153#356 (1880)#496
1890s65#572 (1892)#806
1900s69#709 (1906)#979
1910s238#970 (1912)#1,176
1920s273#1,169 (1924)#1,451
1930s227#1,254 (1932)#1,480
1940s219#1,296 (1948)#1,526
1950s262#1,289 (1950)#1,502
1960s287#1,305 (1963)#1,486
1970s603#963 (1977)#1,087
1980s878#890 (1981)#994
1990s1,204#837 (1998)#1,041
2000s1,932#828 (2003)#925
2010s1,973#961 (2019)#1,015
2020s1,079#1,091 (2025)#1,145

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Simeon in 1978

boys
#1,121
61 births · 1 in 26,915 boys

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,121Simeon61
More about 1978

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 26,915 of them was named Simeon, which outranked 83.4% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Simeon
  1. #1,109Shiloh62
  2. #1,109Tavis62
  3. #1,109Tyrus62
  4. #1,121Simeon61
  5. #1,121Amy61
  6. #1,121Coleman61
  7. #1,121Eliezer61
  8. #1,134Alonso60
  9. #1,134Arnaldo60
  10. #1,134Arnoldo60

Tied with 12 names at #1,121; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →