Simeon
Simeon was given to 197 boys in 2025, #1,094 among boys’ names; 9,487 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,010 Americans named Simeon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 11 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Simeon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Simeon mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Simeon is “a male given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the sense “hearkening, listening” (שִׁמְעוֹן).
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.
/ˈsɪ.mi.ən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Simeon?
#1,094 among boys’ names, 2025
Simeon fell from #1,004 in 2015 to #1,094 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.11 to 0.12 per 1,000.
222 babies in 2019, the peak
Simeon peaked in 2019, when 222 boys were given it, #965 among boys’ names. The 197 births of 2025 are 89% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #1,094 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 188 | #1,131 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 184 | #1,141 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,294 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 182 | #1,124 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 180 | #1,103 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 222 | #965 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 204 | #1,014 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 214 | #971 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 202 | #1,010 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 204 | #1,004 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 176 | #1,091 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 178 | #1,060 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 205 | #977 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 172 | #1,087 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 196 | #1,004 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 196 | #1,006 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 210 | #959 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 215 | #924 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 196 | #952 | 0.10 |
| 2005 | 216 | #853 | 0.11 |
| 2004 | 209 | #851 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 211 | #830 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,030 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 156 | #985 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 174 | #896 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 157 | #932 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 175 | #839 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 143 | #945 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 149 | #898 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 116 | #1,036 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 91 | #1,206 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,121 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,151 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 89 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 111 | #970 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 89 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 100 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 100 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 79 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,040 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,208 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,251 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,461 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,703 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,341 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 30 | #1,451 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,937 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,479 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,495 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,477 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,627 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,413 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,720 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,663 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,545 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,544 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,548 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,311 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,012 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,319 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,551 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,684 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,528 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,361 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,482 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,794 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,369 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,386 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,434 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,979 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,953 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,449 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,603 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,357 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,036 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,509 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,185 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,492 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,687 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,640 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,413 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,369 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,244 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 22 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,276 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,107 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,422 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,198 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 9 | #992 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 12 | #749 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,076 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,049 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,284 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 10 | #788 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,043 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 8 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,043 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,086 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 11 | #673 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 7 | #942 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 8 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 13 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 6 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 14 | #519 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 18 | #461 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 6 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 14 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 10 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 19 | #428 | 0.17 |
| 1883 | 13 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 19 | #423 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 17 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 23 | #360 | 0.21 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Simeon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Simeon has been given almost only to boys: 25 girls in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Simeon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Simeon, and how old are they?
8,010 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 9,487 Americans ever recorded as Simeon. The median Simeon alive today is 21 years old; half are between 11 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 8,169 people named Simeon (97 women and girls, 8,072 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,160 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 75 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 332 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 760 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,440 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,950 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,460 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Simeon born?
The states with the most babies named Simeon are Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Virginia is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #571 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #763 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 11 | #662 | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 11 | #506 | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #475 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 10 | #1,733 | 0.6× |
| California | 8 | #1,962 | 0.6× |
| New York | 8 | #1,384 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,068 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,598 | 0.7× |
Where Simeon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Simeon is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Simeon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 80,641 babies since 1880, Simeon is the second most given (12% of them). In 2025 it was given to 197 of their 1,744 babies (11%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Simeon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Simeon and names like it
- Compare Simeon and SimonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sSimeon peaked in 2019.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Simeon since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Simeon: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Simeon.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Simeon alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.