Simon
For 2025 the count puts Simon at #230 nationwide, keeping its place without fuss. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 70,283 American children have carried it so far.
What Simon carries
Simon · Hebrew
“obedient”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Simon’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Simon, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Simon since 1880
Simon peaked in 2015 at #235; #230 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Simon is most common
The state that gives Simon most often, per boys born there, is District of Columbia (0.51% in 2025); Vermont and Minnesota are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Simon
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Abel
#231 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rafael
#218 in 2025 · Hebrew
Miguel
#212 in 2025 · Hebrew
Zara
#212 in 2025 · Hebrew
Samuel
#18 in 2025 · Hebrew
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ivan
#163 in 2025 · Hebrew
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Simon
How popular is the name Simon?
For 2025 the count puts Simon at #230 nationwide, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Simon have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “obedient”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Simon?
Abel, Rafael and Miguel sit nearest to Simon on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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