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.

Simon

#408 most common boys' name of all time · #891 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#408
Rank overall
#891 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
70,444
Since 2016
14,468
Peak year
2015 #235
Best rank
#142 1886
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 1,653/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Simon is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,529 1,529 #230
2024 — 1,412 1,412 #251
2023 — 1,410 1,410 #248
2022 — 1,457 1,457 #241
2021 — 1,429 1,429 #248
2020 — 1,409 1,409 #249
2019 6 1,418 1,424 #257
2018 — 1,454 1,454 #253
2017 — 1,386 1,386 #263
2016 — 1,558 1,558 #244
2015 8 1,645 1,653 #235
2014 — 1,619 1,619 #231
2013 — 1,616 1,616 #228
2012 10 1,453 1,463 #252
2011 — 1,363 1,363 #254
2010 — 1,368 1,368 #250
2009 — 1,335 1,335 #261
2008 6 1,350 1,356 #259
2007 — 1,352 1,352 #258
2006 5 1,418 1,423 #239
2005 — 1,315 1,315 #250
2004 — 1,309 1,309 #253
2003 — 1,422 1,422 #235
2002 — 1,398 1,398 #242
2001 5 1,276 1,281 #257
2000 — 1,253 1,253 #263
1999 — 1,128 1,128 #267
1998 9 950 959 #300
1997 — 781 781 #334
1996 — 728 728 #341
1995 5 648 653 #369
1994 10 678 688 #356
1993 7 668 675 #352
1992 9 688 697 #348
1991 8 619 627 #372
1990 — 626 626 #372
1989 5 575 580 #383
1988 10 587 597 #354
1987 8 581 589 #343
1986 — 606 606 #328
1985 — 564 564 #338
1984 — 655 655 #302
1983 — 467 467 #373
1982 6 436 442 #388
1981 — 464 464 #374
1980 6 460 466 #372
1979 — 479 479 #365
1978 — 349 349 #421
1977 — 366 366 #412
1976 — 399 399 #385
1975 — 342 342 #420
1974 — 333 333 #432
1973 6 347 353 #419
1972 — 340 340 #432
1971 6 338 344 #447
1970 — 281 281 #481
1969 — 244 244 #494
1968 — 251 251 #478
1967 — 224 224 #503
1966 — 200 200 #540
1965 5 190 195 #557
1964 — 221 221 #526
1963 — 211 211 #548
1962 — 204 204 #551
1961 — 227 227 #526
1960 — 222 222 #531
1959 — 202 202 #550
1958 — 197 197 #551
1957 — 209 209 #536
1956 — 210 210 #520
1955 — 224 224 #491
1954 — 224 224 #482
1953 — 204 204 #492
1952 — 230 230 #464
1951 — 195 195 #483
1950 — 225 225 #443
1949 — 199 199 #466
1948 — 220 220 #449
1947 5 231 236 #440
1946 — 209 209 #438
1945 — 179 179 #445
1944 — 185 185 #446
1943 — 250 250 #387
1942 — 210 210 #423
1941 — 192 192 #423
1940 — 193 193 #418
1939 — 206 206 #395
1938 — 224 224 #376
1937 — 195 195 #400
1936 — 177 177 #417
1935 — 200 200 #384
1934 — 197 197 #393
1933 5 196 201 #389
1932 — 215 215 #383
1931 — 233 233 #369
1930 — 281 281 #330
1929 — 267 267 #343
1928 — 267 267 #348
1927 — 283 283 #345
1926 — 286 286 #342
1925 — 337 337 #310
1924 — 330 330 #318
1923 — 328 328 #321
1922 — 376 376 #291
1921 5 394 399 #282
1920 — 342 342 #310
1919 — 363 363 #276
1918 — 374 374 #275
1917 — 358 358 #268
1916 — 352 352 #272
1915 — 326 326 #270
1914 — 274 274 #262
1913 6 238 244 #247
1912 — 226 226 #230
1911 — 137 137 #214
1910 — 132 132 #198
1909 — 94 94 #224
1908 — 85 85 #225
1907 — 79 79 #229
1906 — 83 83 #214
1905 — 80 80 #214
1904 — 76 76 #212
1903 — 77 77 #202
1902 — 58 58 #243
1901 — 72 72 #198
1900 — 74 74 #235
1899 — 68 68 #198
1898 — 68 68 #212
1897 — 79 79 #192
1896 — 85 85 #194
1895 — 57 57 #234
1894 — 87 87 #175
1893 — 71 71 #202
1892 — 80 80 #192
1891 — 63 63 #198
1890 — 73 73 #183
1889 — 69 69 #190
1888 — 109 109 #142
1887 — 67 67 #185
1886 — 97 97 #142
1885 — 83 83 #161
1884 — 85 85 #165
1883 — 90 90 #143
1882 — 78 78 #175
1881 — 75 75 #163
1880 — 88 88 #157