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Symon

#8,163 in 2025Boys' name

Hearkening

Symon has been given to 491 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #8,163 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 30 recorded.

Babies named Symon, 2025

1 in 332,000

Symon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010203018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Symon: meaning, origin, and history

Hearkening

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Symon means

Symon means “hearkening”, associated with šimʿōn.

Origin, language, and formation

Symon is used in Old English.

Symon comes through Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Simon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 481 boys were recorded with the name Symon between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2012; its best national rank was #3,613 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,984 in 2020 to #8,163 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,268 in 2015 to #8,163 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Symon between 1991 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1991; its best national rank was #15,147 in 1991.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Symon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,163
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Symon 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Symon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Symons were born

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

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
34.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
481
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 34.9% of all recorded uses (168).

Is Symon 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
+4,004
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,179
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,895
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.3%
Peak was 2012 (30)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,613
2012

Spellings of Symon

Symon is not the most common spelling — Byron is, with 15.1% against Symon's 0.09%.

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.

Symon around the world

Where Symon 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
    1996–2012
    #3,416
    in 2012
  • Scotland
    1974–1974
    #297
    in 1974
  • France
    1993–2024
    #4,686
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1994–2012
    #2,411
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1947–2006
    #657
    in 2006

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

Symon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,163
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,179
Best rank ever
#3,613
2012
Peak year
2012
30 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
481
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,147
1991
Peak year
1991
5 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
1999
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Symon

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

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Sibling names for Symon

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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