Symon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-mun
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Symon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Symon mean?
Hebrew: Ukrainian and old English spelling of Simon
“he has heard”
A spelling of Simon used in Ukrainian and medieval English; Simon Peter was the leader of Jesus' apostles.
Is Symon a girl's or a boy's name?
Symon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Symon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Symon, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Symon in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,546 boys in the US were given Symon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #251, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Symon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Symon
- Sy 10 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Symon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stetson Samson Hudson Easton Sutton Cohen Jackson Zion Mason Colson Noah Boston
Other spellings of Symon
Simon Saimon
Names related to Symon
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Symon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/symon, updated 20 October 2026.