Simon

“Listening, hearkening (Hebrew); protector of victory (Germanic)” — Hebrew/Germanic origin

Boy's name · #230 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Simon has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #139 (1886) · 70,283 babies named Simon all-time · 1 in 1,100 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #9 in Slovakia (2025) · #22 in Czechia (2025) · #25 in Austria (2025) · #50 in France (2025) · #75 in Hungary (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Simons

Simon Pegg — English actor (born 1970)
Simon van der Meer — Dutch physicist (1925–2011)
Simon Wiesenthal — Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (1908–2005)
Simon Kuznets — Russian-born American economist and statistician (1901–1985)
Simon Mignolet — Belgian association football player (born 1988)

Among 7,745 notable people named Simon:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Simon Agranat, Israeli judge (1906–1992).

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