Simon Boy
How popular is Simon?
#230 boy name in 2025
1,529 baby boys were named Simon in the US in 2025, making it the 230th most popular boy name.
Simon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #230 for boys (▲ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,529 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #235 in 2015, #249 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (1,645 boys) |
| Highest rank | #139 in 1886 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Simon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Simon family of names ranked #243 for boys in 2025 (#259 the year before), with 1,539 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Simon | 1,529 | 99% |
| Symon | 10 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Simon is most popular
Babies named Simon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 5.1 per 1,000 (76 boys)
- Vermont: 4.0 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Minnesota: 2.1 per 1,000 (253 boys)
- South Dakota: 2.0 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- New Hampshire: 1.9 per 1,000 (43 boys)
Simon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 841 | #139 |
| 1890s | 731 | #173 |
| 1900s | 778 | #197 |
| 1910s | 2,780 | #197 |
| 1920s | 3,210 | #282 |
| 1930s | 2,124 | #330 |
| 1940s | 2,068 | #387 |
| 1950s | 2,120 | #442 |
| 1960s | 2,194 | #478 |
| 1970s | 3,574 | #365 |
| 1980s | 5,395 | #302 |
| 1990s | 7,514 | #267 |
| 2000s | 13,428 | #235 |
| 2010s | 14,880 | #228 |
| 2020s | 8,646 | #230 |
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Questions
- Is Simon a boy or girl name?
- Simon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Simon were boys.
- How popular is the name Simon?
- 1,529 baby boys were named Simon in the US in 2025, making it the 230th most popular boy name.
- When was Simon most popular?
- Simon peaked in 2015, when 1,645 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #139 in 1886.
- How many people are named Simon?
- 70,444 babies have been named Simon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 57,082 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Simon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Simon was most common in District of Columbia, at 5.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.