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Symeon

#9,594 in 2025Boys' name

Hearkening, listening

Symeon has been given to 219 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #9,594 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Symeon, 2025

1 in 414,000

Symeon over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Symeon: meaning, origin, and history

Hearkening, listening

Hebrew

What Symeon means

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

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

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

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Origin, language, and formation

Symeon is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Symeon comes through Latin Symeon, Ancient Greek Σῠμεών and Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Simon.

Pronunciation and spelling

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

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 219 boys were recorded with the name Symeon between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2000; its best national rank was #5,534 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,443 in 2020 to #9,594 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,899 in 2015 to #9,594 in 2025.

How common is Symeon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,594
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Symeon 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Symeon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Symeons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Symeon was born before 2009 — so the typical Symeon is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
31.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
219
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Choose a decade

2000s — 31.1% of all recorded uses (68).

Is Symeon 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
−2,814
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−151
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,305
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.5%
Peak was 2000 (13)
Years since peak
25
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
46.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,534
2000

Spellings of Symeon

Symeon is not the most common spelling — Simon is, with 72.0% against Symeon's 0.22%.

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.

Symeon around the world

Where Symeon 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
    1997–2015
    #3,373
    in 2015
  • France
    1995–2025
    #1,523
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1981–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Symeon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,594
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 151
Best rank ever
#5,534
2000
Peak year
2000
13 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
219
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Symeon

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

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Sibling names for Symeon

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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