Simion

Boys' name

From Ancient Greek Συμεών; literal meaning unconfirmed

Simion has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 1998. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2004, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Simion, 2007

1 in 800,000

Simion over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Simion: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Συμεών; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Simion means

Simion is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Simion is used in Romanian.

Simion comes through Ancient Greek Συμεών and Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 31 boys were recorded with the name Simion between 1998 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2004; its best national rank was #8,793 in 2004.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Simion?

Simion had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 800,000; 5 of 3,997,748 births
Among boys only: 1 in 415,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 554,207 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Simion 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 2007 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 554,207 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Simion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Simions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Simion was born before 2004 — so the typical Simion is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 83.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 31; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 83.9% of all recorded uses (26).

Is Simion 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2004 (8)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,793; 2004

Spellings of Simion

Simion is not the most common spelling — Simon is, with 57.6% against Simion's 0.03%.

Simon57.6%70,283
Damion13.8%16,888
Samson10.6%12,879
Simeon7.8%9,462
Shimon4.5%5,492
Savion4.1%4,988
Sion0.65%798
Simpson0.58%707

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.

Simion around the world

Where Simion 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
2018–2022
#4,790
in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Simion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,793; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 8 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 31
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Simion

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

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Sibling names for Simion

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

For a sister

Iyanna Charlize Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Anastacia Jaci Delanie

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Lazaro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel

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