Symeon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Symeon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “hearkening, listening”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Symeon mean?
Hebrew
“hearkening, listening”
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Symeon a girl's or a boy's name?
Symeon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Symeon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Symeon, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Symeon in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Symeon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Symeon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gideon, Simeon, Solomon, Simon, Sullivan, Elijah, Elian, Eliel, Josiah, Cohen, Malachi, Mateo
Names related to Symeon
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Elsie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Symeon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/symeon, updated 20 October 2026.