NameTides

Simon

Simon was the #230 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,529 babies), and #606 in England & Wales and #173 in Canada.

Simon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Simon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Simon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#230 (1,529)#606 (63)——#244 (19)#173 (196)—
2024#251 (1,412)#524 (74)#535 (5)—#275 (15)#149 (221)—
2023#248 (1,410)#419 (93)#435 (7)—#243 (18)#162 (200)—
2022#241 (1,457)#453 (89)#703 (3)#311 (5)#276 (17)#137 (245)—
2021#248 (1,429)#401 (107)#605 (4)—#296 (15)#142 (252)—
2020#249 (1,409)#418 (98)#426 (7)—#219 (22)#163 (224)—
2019#257 (1,418)#404 (106)#464 (6)#418 (3)#295 (15)#132 (276)—
2018#253 (1,454)#414 (102)#392 (8)#416 (3)#231 (23)#148 (254)—
2017#263 (1,386)#368 (125)#532 (5)#415 (3)#203 (28)#128 (298)—
2016#244 (1,558)#359 (130)#375 (9)—#196 (29)#108 (357)—
2015#235 (1,645)#345 (134)#686 (3)#259 (7)#167 (37)#97 (399)—
2014#231 (1,619)#305 (150)#336 (11)#398 (3)#184 (32)#87 (428)—
2013#228 (1,616)#295 (151)#280 (14)#343 (4)#178 (36)#93 (423)—
2012#252 (1,453)#274 (170)#282 (13)#247 (7)#180 (36)#92 (446)—
2011#254 (1,363)#305 (146)#288 (13)#375 (3)#142 (50)#83 (458)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1888 at #141.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 810common

Next year

On its recent trend, Simon is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Simon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #165WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #139WAIdaho: #196IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #112MNIllinois: #212ILMichigan: #210MINew York: #192NYMassachusetts: #173MAOregon: #163ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #135IAIndiana: #206INOhio: #181OHPennsylvania: #173PANew Jersey: #248NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #295CAUtah: #168UTColorado: #185CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #165MOKentucky: #187KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #216VAMaryland: #257MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #343AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #151KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #228TNNorth Carolina: #267NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: #60DCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #360ALGeorgia: #315GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #382TXFlorida: #307FL
Simon (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#14246
Ontario2024#15686

Simon (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SimonCanadaGirls—too few
SimonCanadaBoys#173196
SimonEngland & WalesBoys#60663
SimonIrelandBoys#24419
SimonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SimonNSWBoys—too few
SimonScotlandBoys—too few
SimonUSGirls—too few
SimonUSBoys#2301,529