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
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,462since 1880
Simeon over time
Rank among boys' names. Simeon has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,091 | 197 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,129 | 188 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,140 | 184 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,289 | 148 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,119 | 182 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,101 | 180 | |
| 2019 | — | #961 | 222 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,012 | 204 | |
| 2017 | — | #968 | 214 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,009 | 202 | |
| 2015 | — | #998 | 204 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,089 | 176 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,058 | 178 | |
| 2012 | — | #975 | 205 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,082 | 172 |
| 2010 | — | #997 | 196 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,004 | 196 | |
| 2008 | — | #954 | 210 | |
| 2007 | — | #919 | 215 | |
| 2006 | — | #948 | 196 | |
| 2005 | — | #849 | 216 | |
| 2004 | — | #849 | 209 | |
| 2003 | — | #828 | 211 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,026 | 149 | |
| 2001 | — | #981 | 156 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #895 | 174 |
| 1999 | — | #931 | 157 | |
| 1998 | — | #837 | 175 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #941 | 143 |
| 1996 | — | #897 | 149 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,034 | 116 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,207 | 91 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,118 | 101 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,150 | 92 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,170 | 89 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,129 | 91 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #967 | 111 |
| 1988 | — | #1,058 | 88 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,067 | 80 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,028 | 81 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,083 | 73 | |
| 1984 | — | #931 | 89 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,006 | 77 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,019 | 79 | |
| 1981 | — | #890 | 100 | |
| 1980 | — | #894 | 100 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,070 | 69 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,121 | 61 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #963 | 79 |
| 1976 | — | #1,042 | 64 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,029 | 64 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,073 | 59 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,093 | 55 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,040 | 60 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,199 | 47 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,238 | 45 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,440 | 31 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,327 | 33 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,305 | 36 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,423 | 30 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,467 | 29 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,517 | 25 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,289 | 31 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,359 | 24 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,872 | 14 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,422 | 23 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,333 | 27 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,368 | 28 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,379 | 28 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,246 | 33 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,169 | 38 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,460 | 26 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,247 | 32 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,343 | 28 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,152 | 34 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,206 | 30 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,300 | 21 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #356 | 23 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #356 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1890
- 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%)
- 20.9% of all boys named Simeon (1,973) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 153 | #356 (1880) | #496 |
| 1890s | 65 | #572 (1892) | #806 |
| 1900s | 69 | #709 (1906) | #979 |
| 1910s | 238 | #970 (1912) | #1,176 |
| 1920s | 273 | #1,169 (1924) | #1,451 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,254 (1932) | #1,480 |
| 1940s | 219 | #1,296 (1948) | #1,526 |
| 1950s | 262 | #1,289 (1950) | #1,502 |
| 1960s | 287 | #1,305 (1963) | #1,486 |
| 1970s | 603 | #963 (1977) | #1,087 |
| 1980s | 878 | #890 (1981) | #994 |
| 1990s | 1,204 | #837 (1998) | #1,041 |
| 2000s | 1,932 | #828 (2003) | #925 |
| 2010s | 1,973 | #961 (2019) | #1,015 |
| 2020s | 1,079 | #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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 368,710 of them was named Simeon, which outranked 15.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,188 names at #12,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 18,026 of them was named Simeon, which outranked 89.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #962Erwin112
- #962Najee112
- #962Schuyler112
- #967Simeon111
- #967Channing111
- #967Edwardo111
- #967Emerson111
- #975Cleveland110
- #975Darron110
- #975Edmond110
Tied with 7 names at #967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.