Simon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-mon
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #650 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #230 for boys
Simon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 650th for boys in the UK (63 babies) and 230th for boys in the US (1,529 babies).
What does Simon mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of Shim'on
“he has heard”
Simon was the original name of the apostle Peter, renamed by Jesus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Simon a girl's or a boy's name?
Simon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 boys in the UK and 1,529 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Simon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #650among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 4,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the UK were named Simon, making it the 650th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 433rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 690 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Simon since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Simon in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 606th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#53), 1964 (#13), 1974 (#8), 1984 (#21) and 1994 (#75).
Simon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #650 |
| 2024 | 79 | #545 |
| 2023 | 100 | #446 |
| 2022 | 97 | #462 |
| 2021 | 111 | #428 |
| 2020 | 105 | #433 |
| 2019 | 115 | #424 |
| 2018 | 113 | #423 |
| 2017 | 133 | #386 |
| 2016 | 139 | #375 |
| 2015 | 144 | #361 |
| 2014 | 164 | #313 |
| 2013 | 169 | #299 |
| 2012 | 190 | #276 |
| 2011 | 162 | #312 |
| 2010 | 188 | #282 |
| 2009 | 170 | #291 |
| 2008 | 215 | #240 |
| 2007 | 178 | #255 |
| 2006 | 205 | #226 |
| 2005 | 175 | #230 |
| 2004 | 253 | #180 |
| 2003 | 199 | #204 |
| 2002 | 216 | #186 |
| 2001 | 275 | #155 |
| 2000 | 294 | #143 |
| 1999 | 359 | #132 |
| 1998 | 445 | #122 |
| 1997 | 503 | #114 |
| 1996 | 690 | #90 |
How popular is Simon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,529about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,529 boys in the US were named Simon, making it the 230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 249th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 1,645 boys.
2025 had more boys named Simon than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Simon in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Simon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,529 | #230 |
| 2024 | 1,412 | #251 |
| 2023 | 1,410 | #248 |
| 2022 | 1,457 | #241 |
| 2021 | 1,429 | #248 |
| 2020 | 1,409 | #249 |
| 2019 | 1,418 | #257 |
| 2018 | 1,454 | #253 |
| 2017 | 1,386 | #263 |
| 2016 | 1,558 | #244 |
| 2015 | 1,645 | #235 |
| 2014 | 1,619 | #231 |
| 2013 | 1,616 | #228 |
| 2012 | 1,453 | #252 |
| 2011 | 1,363 | #254 |
| 2010 | 1,368 | #250 |
| 2009 | 1,335 | #261 |
| 2008 | 1,350 | #259 |
| 2007 | 1,352 | #258 |
| 2006 | 1,418 | #239 |
| 2005 | 1,315 | #250 |
| 2004 | 1,309 | #253 |
| 2003 | 1,422 | #235 |
| 2002 | 1,398 | #242 |
| 2001 | 1,276 | #257 |
| 2000 | 1,253 | #263 |
| 1999 | 1,128 | #267 |
| 1998 | 950 | #300 |
| 1997 | 781 | #334 |
| 1996 | 728 | #341 |
| 1995 | 648 | #369 |
| 1994 | 678 | #356 |
| 1993 | 668 | #352 |
| 1992 | 688 | #348 |
| 1991 | 619 | #372 |
| 1990 | 626 | #372 |
| 1989 | 575 | #383 |
| 1988 | 587 | #354 |
| 1987 | 581 | #343 |
| 1986 | 606 | #328 |
| 1985 | 564 | #338 |
| 1984 | 655 | #302 |
| 1983 | 467 | #373 |
| 1982 | 436 | #387 |
| 1981 | 464 | #374 |
| 1980 | 460 | #372 |
| 1979 | 479 | #365 |
| 1978 | 349 | #421 |
| 1977 | 366 | #412 |
| 1976 | 399 | #385 |
| 1975 | 342 | #420 |
| 1974 | 333 | #432 |
| 1973 | 347 | #419 |
| 1972 | 340 | #432 |
| 1971 | 338 | #447 |
| 1970 | 281 | #481 |
| 1969 | 244 | #494 |
| 1968 | 251 | #478 |
| 1967 | 224 | #503 |
| 1966 | 200 | #539 |
| 1965 | 190 | #557 |
| 1964 | 221 | #525 |
| 1963 | 211 | #548 |
| 1962 | 204 | #551 |
| 1961 | 227 | #526 |
| 1960 | 222 | #531 |
| 1959 | 202 | #550 |
| 1958 | 197 | #550 |
| 1957 | 209 | #535 |
| 1956 | 210 | #519 |
| 1955 | 224 | #490 |
| 1954 | 224 | #481 |
| 1953 | 204 | #491 |
| 1952 | 230 | #463 |
| 1951 | 195 | #482 |
| 1950 | 225 | #442 |
| 1949 | 199 | #465 |
| 1948 | 220 | #449 |
| 1947 | 231 | #440 |
| 1946 | 209 | #438 |
| 1945 | 179 | #444 |
| 1944 | 185 | #446 |
| 1943 | 250 | #387 |
| 1942 | 210 | #423 |
| 1941 | 192 | #423 |
| 1940 | 193 | #418 |
| 1939 | 206 | #395 |
| 1938 | 224 | #375 |
| 1937 | 195 | #400 |
| 1936 | 177 | #416 |
| 1935 | 200 | #384 |
| 1934 | 197 | #393 |
| 1933 | 196 | #389 |
| 1932 | 215 | #383 |
| 1931 | 233 | #369 |
| 1930 | 281 | #330 |
| 1929 | 267 | #343 |
| 1928 | 267 | #348 |
| 1927 | 283 | #344 |
| 1926 | 286 | #342 |
| 1925 | 337 | #310 |
| 1924 | 330 | #318 |
| 1923 | 328 | #321 |
| 1922 | 376 | #291 |
| 1921 | 394 | #282 |
| 1920 | 342 | #310 |
| 1919 | 363 | #276 |
| 1918 | 374 | #275 |
| 1917 | 358 | #268 |
| 1916 | 352 | #272 |
| 1915 | 326 | #270 |
| 1914 | 274 | #261 |
| 1913 | 238 | #246 |
| 1912 | 226 | #230 |
| 1911 | 137 | #214 |
| 1910 | 132 | #197 |
| 1909 | 94 | #224 |
| 1908 | 85 | #225 |
| 1907 | 79 | #229 |
| 1906 | 83 | #213 |
| 1905 | 80 | #213 |
| 1904 | 76 | #211 |
| 1903 | 77 | #201 |
| 1902 | 58 | #242 |
| 1901 | 72 | #197 |
| 1900 | 74 | #235 |
| 1899 | 68 | #197 |
| 1898 | 68 | #211 |
| 1897 | 79 | #192 |
| 1896 | 85 | #192 |
| 1895 | 57 | #234 |
| 1894 | 87 | #173 |
| 1893 | 71 | #201 |
| 1892 | 80 | #192 |
| 1891 | 63 | #198 |
| 1890 | 73 | #183 |
| 1889 | 69 | #190 |
| 1888 | 109 | #141 |
| 1887 | 67 | #185 |
| 1886 | 97 | #139 |
| 1885 | 83 | #160 |
| 1884 | 85 | #163 |
| 1883 | 90 | #143 |
| 1882 | 78 | #173 |
| 1881 | 75 | #163 |
| 1880 | 88 | #154 |
Nicknames for Simon
Names like Simon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nathan Aaron Benjamin Adam Samuel Jason Matthew Jordan Daniel Jacob Solomon Michael
Other spellings of Simon
Symon Saimon
Names related to Simon
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Simon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/simon, updated 20 October 2026.