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Shimon

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #1,134 in 2015 to #960 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,134, 2016: #1,073, 2017: #1,095, 2018: #1,052, 2019: #1,091, 2020: #1,017, 2021: #1,050, 2022: #1,119, 2023: #1,000, 2024: #915, 2025: #9601 in 7,087 boys in the US, 2025#960 · rising · was #1,134 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,279, 2016: #1,903, 2017: #1,812, 2018: #1,194, 2019: #1,316, 2020: #1,273, 2021: #1,290, 2022: #1,420, 2023: #1,610, 2024: #1,000, 2025: #1,5381 in 15,996 boys in E&W, 2025#1,538 · falling · was #1,279 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew

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What Shimon means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Shimon yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,134 in 2015 to #960 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Shimon?

US 2025
#960
241 babies
▼ 45 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1538
17 babies
▼ 538 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1134 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1279 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2024)

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 255 boys got the name (#915 that year). First in the US records in 1947.

How common

  • About 1 in 7,087 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 15,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (2.05 per 1,000 boys), NJ (1.36 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Shimon is #960 in the US and #1538 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9602411 in 7,087#1134
England & Wales#1538171 in 15,996#1279
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Shimon were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250241
England & Wales 2025017
US all years since 188005,492
England & Wales since 19960412

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Shimon

Boys

  • Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”
  • Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
  • Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
  • Moshe#435possibly “to give birth to”
  • Abner#874“father of light”
  • Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”

For a sister

  • Naomi#47“my pleasantness”
  • Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…
  • Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”
  • Hadassah#569“myrtle”
  • Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
  • Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Shimon’s. Rank is US 2025.

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