How rare is the name Simeon?

8,169 people in the United States have the first name Simeon, about 1 in 36,973. It ranks #2,833 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SIMEON

#2,833

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,169
About
1 in 36,973
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,169 people named Simeon, 41.7% reported their origin as White, 32.2% as Black and 12% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Simeon peaked in 2019, when 222 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
222
In 2025*
197 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,487 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Simeon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #990. The largest share of babies named Simeon, 31.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#990153
1890s#1,97265
1900s#2,32869
1910s#2,395238
1920s#2,828273
1930s#2,869227
1940s#3,210219
1950s#3,418262
1960s#3,591287
1970s#2,613608
1980s#2,347883
1990s#2,3751,209
2000s#2,0921,937
2010s#2,2251,978
2020s#2,4031,079
Before 19012.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.6%
Silent Generation 1928–454.3%
Baby boom 1946–645.2%
Generation X 1965–809%
Millennials 1981–9615.9%
Generation Z 1997–1231.6%
2013 and later26.1%

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 Simeon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Simeon has been most common in Georgia (2.3×), Florida (1.8×), and Washington (1.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.32×).

4,948 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.

Either side of Simeon

#2,831 Manny · 8,173#2,832 Venus · 8,172#2,834 Adaline · 8,168#2,834 Yaritza · 8,168

Spelled almost the same

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

#744 Simon · 68,780#25,678 Simion · 368#35,667 Simeona · 225#38,175 Simmon · 202

Also a last name

As a last name, Simeon ranks #9,863 of 156,621, with 3,129 people. See Simeon as a last name

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