Girls' name · since 1963
Symone
Symone has 4,376 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,201 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,376
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Symone currently ranks #4201 among girls' names in America, with 4,376 babies recorded since 1963.
Symone has 4,376 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4201 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,809 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,201 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,376 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Symone ranks #2,809 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,201 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,376 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,201 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,376
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Symone's 4,376 recorded births place it above 96.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Symone compares
4,376 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Symone's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Symone | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,376 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 271 | 21 | 19,840 |
Symone's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Symone splits its recorded history at 1998: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 271 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Symone popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 271
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Currently ranks #4201 among girls.
4,376 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 271 births in a single year.
Symone by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,955 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Symone's strongest decade.
1,955 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Symone births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 35
1960s
35 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 178
1980s
178 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,955 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,169 births
- 2010s 768
2010s
768 births
- 2020s 252
2020s
252 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,955 births (45% of all-time use).
Symone decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,955 births
- Runner-up 1,169 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Symone compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Symone's total volume
Symone by state
Where Symone concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 351 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 344 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 289 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 255 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 180 | 4.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 164 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 140 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 128 | 2.9% |
351 of 4,376 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- Texas 7.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Symone appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Symone's data
- Symone's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,955 total births); usage has since declined to 252 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Symones (351 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Symone: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Symone 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.
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