How rare is the name Simone?

30,190 people in the United States have the first name Simone, about 1 in 10,004. It ranks #1,248 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SIMONE

#1,248

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
30,190
About
1 in 10,004
This common or more
73%
Who bears it

Of the 30,190 people named Simone, 40.5% reported their origin as Black, 40% as White and 8.6% as two or more races. 96.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Simone peaked in 1988, when 807 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19082025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
807
In 2025*
254 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 28,067 babies have been given the name since 1908. 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.

Simone by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #842. The largest share of babies named Simone, 29.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,32210
1910s#2,237268
1920s#2,129431
1930s#2,048403
1940s#1,953545
1950s#2,214583
1960s#1,0932,566
1970s#1,2192,242
1980s#9533,971
1990s#8425,921
2000s#1,0215,355
2010s#1,3274,071
2020s#1,7541,701
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–452.9%
Baby boom 1946–647.2%
Generation X 1965–8013.6%
Millennials 1981–9628.8%
Generation Z 1997–1229.4%
2013 and later15.9%

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 Simone is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Simone has been most common in District of Columbia (2.6×), New York (2×), and Maryland (1.7×), and least common in Kentucky (0.08×).

23,439 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Simone ranks #4,996 of 156,621, with 6,814 people. See Simone as a last name

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