Simon: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced SY-muhn · 2 syllables

Simon means “snub-nosed”, from Hebrew and English and Latin.

How popular is Simon?

Simon was the #230 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,529 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Simon in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Simon are older than 32; most are between 19 and 74. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Simon have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Simon means “snub-nosed”. It comes from Hebrew and English and Latin.

Simon is pronounced SY-muhn.

Simon was the #230 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,529 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Simon are older than 32. Most are between 19 and 74.