Simona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- si-MOH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Simona is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Simona mean?
Hebrew: feminine of Simon
“he has heard”
The feminine form of Simon, used in Italian, Czech, Romanian and Lithuanian, among other languages.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Simona a girl's or a boy's name?
Simona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Simona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Simona, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Simona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Simona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 36 | #1,050 |
| 2017 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2016 | 41 | #956 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 2012 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Simona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Simona, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Simona in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Simona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,781 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,024 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,972 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,551 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,154 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,915 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,854 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,857 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,655 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,755 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,897 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,999 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,881 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,807 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,577 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,790 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,585 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,243 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,424 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,361 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,403 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,514 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
Names like Simona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Simona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/simona, updated 20 October 2026.