Boys' name · since 1977
Symon
481 babies named Symon in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,091 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,848 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 481
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
481 babies have been named Symon since 1977, making it today's #7848 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Symon has been recorded 481 times among boys since 1977, currently ranked #7848 nationally and more common than 44% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #8,091 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,848 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 481 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Symon ranks #8,091 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,848 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 481 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,091 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,848 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 481
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Symon's 481 recorded births place it above 82.2% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Symon compares
481 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Symon's all-time total is 30% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Symon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 481 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Symon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Symon's full recorded timeline at 2007, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Symon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Symon popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1991 (Symon as girls' name)
Symon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (168 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Symon's strongest decade.
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Symon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
168 births
- 2010s
2010s
163 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 168 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Symon's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (168 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Symon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Symon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.