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
#139
1886 · 97 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #139, 1886boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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 1989

girls
#12,362
5 births · 1 in 368,710 girls
boys
#383
575 births · 1 in 3,480 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #12,362Simon5

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #383Simon575
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 368,710 of them was named Simon, 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).

Ranked beside Simon
  1. #10,847Zelena6
  2. #10,847Zeynep6
  3. #10,847Zion6
  4. #12,362Simon5
  5. #12,362Aamira5
  6. #12,362Aasia5
  7. #12,362Abie5

Tied with 2,188 names at #12,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 3,480 of them was named Simon, which outranked 95.9% 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).

Ranked beside Simon
  1. #380Dallas590
  2. #380Emanuel590
  3. #382Stephan579
  4. #383Simon575
  5. #384Beau574
  6. #385Roman572
  7. #385Terence572
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →