# Shimon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shimon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,492 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,492 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 412, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shimon).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 174 | 1,077 |
| 2012 | 165 | 1,118 |
| 2013 | 155 | 1,167 |
| 2014 | 171 | 1,125 |
| 2015 | 167 | 1,137 |
| 2016 | 184 | 1,076 |
| 2017 | 178 | 1,098 |
| 2018 | 193 | 1,055 |
| 2019 | 183 | 1,093 |
| 2020 | 204 | 1,021 |
| 2021 | 204 | 1,053 |
| 2022 | 190 | 1,119 |
| 2023 | 220 | 1,001 |
| 2024 | 255 | 915 |
| 2025 | 241 | 963 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Shimon

- Shimon Mizrachi, Chairman of the Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
- Ben Sira, 2nd-century BC Jewish scribe, author of Sirach
- Simeon ben Gamliel, 1st century CE rabbi and nasi
- Rolf Eden, German businessman and nightclub owner (1930-2022)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.