Simeon — #1137 US boys' name
9,258 babies named Simeon in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Simeon was born in this single decade.
222 babies were named Simeon in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Simeon
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,258 babies named Simeon between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Simeon currently holds the #1137 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 222 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Simeon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,973 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Simeon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 631 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Simeon in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Simeon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,258 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Simeon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Simeon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2019)
- 222
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1137 among boys.
9,258 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 222 births in a single year.
Simeon popularity over time — girls
25 total births recorded since 1977 (Simeon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Simeon accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Simeon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,973 births that decade — 21% of Simeon's all-time total
Simeon decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,973 births
- Runner-up 1,932 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Simeon's strongest decade
1,973 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Simeon by state
Where Simeon concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 631 | 6.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 547 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 447 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 325 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 319 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 313 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 306 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 231 | 2.5% |
631 of 9,258 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Simeon appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.