# Simon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/simon/  
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 | “snub-nosed”, “protector of victory” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsaɪmən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Si, Sim |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 70,444 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 70,283 / 161 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,670, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Simon, Symond, Symounde, from Anglo-Norman Simon, Simond, Simund, a conflation of two unrelated names: one from Latin Simon, from Koine Greek Σίμων (Símōn), strictly from Ancient Greek—likely σῑμός (sīmós, “snub-nosed”)—but used for Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn), doublet of Simeon; the other from Old Norse Sigmundr or Old English Siġemund, both from Proto-Germanic *Sigimunduz (literally “Protector of victory”), whence also Sigmund and Siegmund.

## What it means

Simon is grouped under protector and victory.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 8 | 8,654 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,610 |
| 1989 | 5 | 14,246 |
| 1991 | 8 | 10,133 |
| 1992 | 9 | 9,401 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,635 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,708 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,427 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,996 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,581 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,650 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17,210 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,151 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,856 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,315 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,363 | 255 |
| 2012 | 1,453 | 252 |
| 2013 | 1,616 | 229 |
| 2014 | 1,619 | 231 |
| 2015 | 1,645 | 235 |
| 2016 | 1,558 | 244 |
| 2017 | 1,386 | 263 |
| 2018 | 1,454 | 253 |
| 2019 | 1,418 | 257 |
| 2020 | 1,409 | 249 |
| 2021 | 1,429 | 248 |
| 2022 | 1,457 | 241 |
| 2023 | 1,410 | 248 |
| 2024 | 1,412 | 251 |
| 2025 | 1,529 | 230 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 305 |
| 2012 | 170 | 274 |
| 2013 | 151 | 295 |
| 2014 | 150 | 305 |
| 2015 | 134 | 345 |
| 2016 | 130 | 359 |
| 2017 | 125 | 368 |
| 2018 | 102 | 414 |
| 2019 | 106 | 404 |
| 2020 | 98 | 418 |
| 2021 | 107 | 401 |
| 2022 | 89 | 453 |
| 2023 | 93 | 419 |
| 2024 | 74 | 524 |
| 2025 | 63 | 606 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سِمْعَان, شَمْعُون
- Armenian: Սիմոն
- Catalan: Simó
- Chinese: 西蒙, 賽門 /赛门
- Czech: Šimon
- Danish: Simon
- Estonian: Siim
- Finnish: Simo
- French: Simon
- Georgian: სიმონ
- German: Simon
- Greek: Σίμωνας, Σίμων, Σάιμον
- Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן
- Hindi: साइमन
- Irish: Síomón
- Italian: Simone
- Japanese: サイモン
- Latin: Simon
- Lithuanian: Simonas
- Norwegian: Simon

## People named Simon

- Simon Pegg, English actor (born 1970)
- Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist (1925–2011)
- Simon Mignolet, Belgian association football player (born 1988)
- Simon Kjær, Danish footballer (born 1989)
- Simon Baker, Australian actor and director (born 1969)
- Simon Cowell, English television personality, businessman, producer, record executive
- Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian
- Simon Stevin, Flemish mathematician, physicist and engineer (1548–1620)
- Simon Marius, German astronomer (1573–1624)
- Simon Newcomb, American astronomer (1835–1909)
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Anglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England (1208-1265)
- Simon Rolfes, German footballer

## 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.