Is Simon a boy or girl name?

Simon is primarily a boy name in U.S. records: about 0% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Simon?

The average Simon alive today is an estimated 25 years old. People named Simon were most often born around 2015.

When was the name Simon most popular?

Simon peaked in 2015 with 1,653 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Simon have?

In one report's words: measured, scholarly, composed. Simon ranks #891 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Simon — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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From the Hebrew name Shim'on, meaning he has heard, Hellenized into Greek as Simon. It entered the English-speaking world after the Norman Conquest and crossed to colonial America on seventeenth-century ship manifests. The United States kept it in steady, low-volume rotation until an upward turn in the early 2000s.

Also answers toSi

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025

SSA Data

1880 peak: 1,653 souls, A.D. 2015 2025

2025: 1,529 born, holding steady

Estimated Age

25 yrs

Most Simons were born around 2015 — remembers Vine, barely.

Peak Reign

2015

№235 that year

Generation

Gen Z, 36%

then Gen Alpha 34% · Millennial 16%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈70K ever born · holding steady

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Simon grew up with

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Cocomelon·Zoom kindergarten·Alexa as a household member

Generation Distribution — Living Simons

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Boomer 5%Gen X 8%Millennial 16%Gen Z 36%Gen Alpha 34%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Simon peaked in 2015.

Estimated average age: 25.

What people think

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Simon sounds like someone born in —

Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Vintage Modern

Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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Public Opinion Ledger

Ledger Opens Soon

The public has not yet weighed in on Simon. Early ballots carry the most weight.

First Impressions

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A Simon reads like someone who arrived in childhood already wearing wire-rimmed glasses. The name carries an immediate association with chess clubs, cardigan sweaters, and calm explanations of rules. While it has centuries of biblical weight behind it, seventy percent of living American Simons were born after 1996. The name is far younger than its quiet demeanor suggests.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

The name recorded its highest annual tally in 2015 with around two thousand births.

Field Note 02

The average living Simon in the United States is twenty-five years old.

Field Note 03

Federal birth records show the name has registered almost entirely to boys across 145 years.

Notable Simons

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Simon Peggactor and screenwriter, b. 1970

Simon Cowelltelevision personality and producer, b. 1959

Simon Helbergactor, b. 1980

Adjacent Names

Felix · Jasper · Julian · Arthur · Milo · Gideon

Ephemera — If Simon were a…

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City

Burlington

Color

Fountain pen navy

Job

Audio archivist

Object

Ribbon-marked notebook

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