Simon

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · #230 for boys in 2025, 1,529 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 97 births
Debut · boys
88 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
70,283
since 1880

Simon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Simon has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #139, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2301,529
2024#2511,412
2023#2481,410
2022#2411,457
2021#2481,429
2020#2491,409
2019#13,7996#2571,418
2018#2531,454
2017#2631,386
2016#2441,558
2015#11,8358#2351,645
2014#2311,619
2013#2281,616
2012#10,42910#2521,453
2011#2541,363
2010#2501,368
2009#2611,335
2008#15,4056#2591,350
2007#2581,352
2006#17,1685#2391,418
2005#2501,315
2004#2531,309
2003#2351,422
2002#2421,398
2001#15,3525#2571,276
2000#2631,253
1999#2671,128
1998#9,2609#300950
1997#334781
1996#341728
1995#13,3865#369648
1994#8,12210#356678
1993#10,5887#352668
1992#8,7349#348688
1991#9,3368#372619
1990#372626
1989#12,3625#383575
1988#7,11110#354587
1987#7,9878#343581
1986#328606
1985#338564
1984#302655
1983#373467
1982#9,2376#387436
1981#374464
1980#9,0956#372460
1979#365479
1978#421349
1977#412366
1976#385399
1975#420342
1974#432333
1973#7,4356#419347
1972#432340
1971#7,3886#447338
1970#481281
1969#494244
1968#478251
1967#503224
1966#539200
1965#6,5395#557190
1964#525221
1963#548211
1962#551204
1961#526227
1960#531222
1959#550202
1958#551197
1957#536209
1956#520210
1955#491224
1954#482224
1953#492204
1952#464230
1951#483195
1950#443225
1949#466199
1948#449220
1947#5,2955#440231
1946#438209
1945#444179
1944#446185
1943#387250
1942#423210
1941#423192
1940#418193
1939#395206
1938#375224
1937#400195
1936#416177
1935#384200
1934#393197
1933#4,2185#389196
1932#383215
1931#369233
1930#330281
1929#343267
1928#348267
1927#344283
1926#342286
1925#310337
1924#318330
1923#321328
1922#291376
1921#5,0995#282394
1920#310342
1919#276363
1918#275374
1917#268358
1916#272352
1915#270326
1914#261274
1913#2,8276#246238
1912#230226
1911#214137
1910#197132
1909#22494
1908#22585
1907#22979
1906#21383
1905#21380
1904#21176
1903#20177
1902#24258
1901#19772
1900#23574
1899#19768
1898#21168
1897#19279
1896#19285
1895#23457
1894#17387
1893#20171
1892#19280
1891#19863
1890#18373
1889#19069
1888#141109
1887#18567
1886#13997
1885#16083
1884#16385
1883#14390
1882#17378
1881#16375
1880#15488
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Simon was already there! It came in at #154, and was given to 88 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1895–1908, when fewer than 86 boys a year got the name.

See more about Simon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#251#230)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#249#230)
  • 5 spots since 2015 (#235#230)
  • Biggest jump: 71 spots in 1984 (#373#302)
  • Biggest drop: 61 spots in 1895 (#173#234)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #139 (97 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,109
  • Highest: 1 in 1,109 boys born in 1888 were named Simon (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,117 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
  • Its best rank, #139 in 1886, was only 1 in 1,142 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 21.2% of all boys named Simon (14,880) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s841#139 (1886)#161
1890s731#173 (1894)#197
1900s778#197 (1901)#219
1910s2,780#197 (1910)#251
1920s3,210#282 (1921)#321
1930s2,124#330 (1930)#383
1940s2,068#387 (1943)#433
1950s2,120#443 (1950)#501
1960s2,194#478 (1968)#525
1970s3,574#365 (1979)#421
1980s5,395#302 (1984)#355
1990s7,514#267 (1999)#341
2000s13,428#235 (2003)#252
2010s14,880#228 (2013)#247
2020s8,646#230 (2025)#245

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.

Simon in 1973

girls
#7,435
6 births · 1 in 243,035 girls
boys
#419
347 births · 1 in 4,492 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #7,435Simon6

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #419Simon347
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 243,035 of them was named Simon, which outranked 24.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Simon
  1. #6,666Yumi7
  2. #6,666Zanthia7
  3. #6,666Zenda7
  4. #7,435Simon6
  5. #7,435Abagail6
  6. #7,435Adabel6
  7. #7,435Adalia6
  8. #8,423Aarti5
  9. #8,423Abbigail5
  10. #8,423Abi5

Tied with 987 names at #7,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 4,492 of them was named Simon, which outranked 92.9% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Simon
  1. #416Kris356
  2. #417Damien355
  3. #418Kendall349
  4. #419Simon347
  5. #419Guillermo347
  6. #421Lamar346
  7. #422Virgil345
  8. #423Scot344

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973