How rare is the name Shimon?

3,931 people in the United States have the first name Shimon, about 1 in 76,833. It ranks #4,655 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

SHIMON

#4,655

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,931
About
1 in 76,833
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,931 people named Shimon, 94% reported their origin as White, 2.3% as Black and 1.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shimon peaked in 2024, when 255 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
255
In 2025*
241 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,492 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shimon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,101. The largest share of babies named Shimon, 46.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#8,74640
1960s#7,47976
1970s#5,387198
1980s#4,389344
1990s#3,692620
2000s#2,9941,166
2010s#2,4271,729
2020s#2,1011,314
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–804.8%
Millennials 1981–9613.2%
Generation Z 1997–1234.2%
2013 and later46.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shimon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shimon has been most common in New York (11×), New Jersey (6×), and California (0.06×), and least common in California (0.06×).

4,889 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Shimon

2 other first names also have 3,931 people.

#4,655 Ariadna · 3,931#4,655 Leesa · 3,931

Either side of Shimon

#4,655 Ariadna · 3,931#4,655 Leesa · 3,931#4,658 Mehdi · 3,930#4,659 Muna · 3,928

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shimon, most common first.

#17,471 Shamon · 631#32,261 Shimin · 262

Also a last name

As a last name, Shimon ranks #35,019 of 156,621, with 694 people. See Shimon as a last name

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