Simeon
Simeon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 184 births. Its best rank was 360th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1840.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2019222 births
- Best rank
- #360in 1880
- Since 1880
- 9,258people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,258 boys have been named Simeon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 222 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 40 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Simeon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 153 | |
| 1890s | 65 | |
| 1900s | 69 | |
| 1910s | 238 | |
| 1920s | 273 | |
| 1930s | 227 | |
| 1940s | 219 | |
| 1950s | 262 | |
| 1960s | 287 | |
| 1970s | 603 | |
| 1980s | 877 | |
| 1990s | 1,204 | |
| 2000s | 1,932 | |
| 2010s | 1,973 | |
| 2020s | 876 |
In 2019, its biggest year
Simeon was the 965th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Simeon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ephraimpeak 2017
- Simonpeak 2015
- Jonaspeak 2008
- Elishapeak 2008
- Cyruspeak 2024
- Edsonpeak 2019
- Hyrumpeak 2007
- Hugopeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.