Simon

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Simon is a given name, from Hebrew ืฉึดืืžึฐืขื•ึนืŸ ล imสปรดn, meaning "listen" or "hearing". It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed". In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name for Jews in Roman Judea.

From Wikipedia

Simon first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1955 with 342 babies (rank #62 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Simon

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Simon yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

12,989
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
342
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955342#62
1956316#65
1957317#68
1958284#75
1959300#74
1960258#81
1961288#79
1962256#85
1963274#86
1964251#89
1965238#90
1966243#90
1967223#97
1968220#102
1969221#112
1970192#120
1971176#122
1972172#125
1973145#127
1974142#121
1975128#137
1976153#123
1977146#124
1978170#113
1979199#94
1980198#99
1981186#103
1982176#110
1983218#90
1984201#96
1985191#105
1986198#107
1987184#112
1988181#108
1989199#100
1990204#105
1991211#101
1992228#93
1993198#100
1994200#99
1995199#103
1996212#91
1997208#95
1998211#93
1999237#82
2000243#87
2001205#99
2002232#85
2003243#81
2004216#88
2005248#69
2006234#74
2007227#74
2008238#73
2009227#76
2010227#77
2011184#88
2012202#76
2013193#81
2014176#93