Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shimon

#1,645 most common boys' name of all time · #3,983 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1947–2025

Rank among boys
#1,645
Rank overall
#3,983 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
5,492
Since 2016
2,052
Peak year
2024 #915
Best rank
#915 2024
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 255/yr
1960198020002020

Shimon first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 241 241 #964
2024 — 255 255 #915
2023 — 220 220 #1,001
2022 — 190 190 #1,120
2021 — 204 204 #1,052
2020 — 204 204 #1,019
2019 — 183 183 #1,092
2018 — 193 193 #1,052
2017 — 178 178 #1,095
2016 — 184 184 #1,074
2015 — 167 167 #1,136
2014 — 171 171 #1,122
2013 — 155 155 #1,164
2012 — 165 165 #1,117
2011 — 174 174 #1,075
2010 — 159 159 #1,162
2009 — 182 182 #1,047
2008 — 133 133 #1,310
2007 — 129 129 #1,323
2006 — 129 129 #1,291
2005 — 118 118 #1,300
2004 — 108 108 #1,353
2003 — 97 97 #1,386
2002 — 80 80 #1,548
2001 — 101 101 #1,301
2000 — 89 89 #1,404
1999 — 71 71 #1,569
1998 — 63 63 #1,652
1997 — 80 80 #1,383
1996 — 72 72 #1,438
1995 — 73 73 #1,384
1994 — 63 63 #1,499
1993 — 47 47 #1,805
1992 — 54 54 #1,628
1991 — 43 43 #1,842
1990 — 54 54 #1,556
1989 — 46 46 #1,690
1988 — 39 39 #1,783
1987 — 39 39 #1,724
1986 — 40 40 #1,641
1985 — 47 47 #1,443
1984 — 38 38 #1,600
1983 — 17 17 #2,730
1982 — 30 30 #1,877
1981 — 21 21 #2,384
1980 — 27 27 #2,040
1979 — 26 26 #2,028
1978 — 31 31 #1,749
1977 — 22 22 #2,169
1976 — 23 23 #2,090
1975 — 27 27 #1,819
1974 — 22 22 #2,024
1973 — 10 10 #3,374
1972 — 12 12 #2,927
1971 — 10 10 #3,285
1970 — 15 15 #2,481
1969 — 11 11 #2,795
1968 — 8 8 #3,274
1967 — 8 8 #3,160
1966 — 8 8 #3,188
1965 — 5 5 #4,266
1964 — 8 8 #3,238
1963 — 11 11 #2,646
1961 — 11 11 #2,681
1960 — 6 6 #3,939
1959 — 8 8 #3,231
1958 — 8 8 #3,241
1957 — 7 7 #3,510
1956 — 6 6 #3,865
1955 — 6 6 #3,834
1954 — 5 5 #4,267
1947 — 5 5 #4,259