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Simeon

#1,094 in 2025Boys' name

Hearkening, listening

Simeon has been given to 9,487 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,094 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 222 recorded.

Babies named Simeon, 2025

1 in 16,800

Simeon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Simeon: meaning, origin, and history

Hearkening, listening

Hebrew, English and Spanish

What Simeon means

Simeon means “hearkening, listening”, associated with šimʿôn.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Middle English Simeon, from Latin Simeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sŭmeṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, “hearkening, listening”), originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. Doublet of Simon.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Simeon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Simeon is used in English, Cebuano, Finnish and Serbo-Croatian. Its origins include Hebrew, English and Spanish.

Simeon comes through Middle English Simeon, Indonesian name, Latin Simeon, Ancient Greek Σῠμεών and Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Simon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Simeon is pronounced /ˈsɪ.mi.ən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,462 boys were recorded with the name Simeon between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 222 in 2019; its best national rank was #360 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,103 in 2020 to #1,094 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,004 in 2015 to #1,094 in 2025.

In the United States, 25 girls were recorded with the name Simeon between 1977 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1977; its best national rank was #11,046 in 1977.

How common is Simeon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 16,800
197 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,670
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,094
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,666 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Simeon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,666 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Simeon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Simeons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Simeon was born before 2001 — so the typical Simeon is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
20.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
50.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,218
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 20.9% of all recorded uses (1,973).

Is Simeon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+37
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+9
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−90
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.97×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
88.7%
Peak was 2019 (222)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#360
1880

Spellings of Simeon

Simeon is not the most common spelling — Simon is, with 55.5% against Simeon's 7.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Simeon is used

Across 2016–2025, Simeon was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 4,762 boys, against 1 in 9,967 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

121 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 4,762
  2. 2Indiana1 in 5,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in 5,263
  4. 4Minnesota1 in 5,556
  5. 5Washington1 in 5,556
  6. 6Illinois1 in 6,667
  7. 7Virginia1 in 6,667
  8. 8Georgia1 in 7,143

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Simeon around the world

Where Simeon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,066
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1975–1975
    #288
    in 1975
  • Northern Ireland
    2019–2019
    #418
    in 2019
  • Ireland
    2006–2010
    #720
    in 2010
  • France
    1900–2025
    #396
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #808
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1955–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Simeon

People whose public names include Simeon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Simeon in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Simeon. Linked forms have their own page here.

SimonSymonSemyonShimonSimoneSzymonSimoSimeóSimónŠimonSen'kaSimonoSimonas

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Simeon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,094
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 9
Best rank ever
#360
1880
Peak year
2019
222 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,462
Count in 2025
197

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,046
1977
Peak year
1977
5 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
25
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Simeon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Simeon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Simeon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ZackVladimirCristobalMarianoEliezerIshmaelAdrienBlaiseElishaMarcelloValentinRey

Sibling names for Simeon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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