Simeon

Meaning: Listening, hearkening
Origin: Hebrew

Nicknames: Sim

Boy's name · #1094 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Simeon belongs to an older America first — it reached #360 back in 1880 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1094. About 9,500 boys have carried it since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#393 in France (2025) · #587 in Austria (2025) · #621 in Switzerland (2025) · #738 in Netherlands (2025) · #896 in Belgium (2025) · #1,091 in England & Wales (2025) · #827 in Canada (2024).

Famous Simeons

Siméon Denis Poisson — French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)
Simeon II of Bulgaria — Bulgarian politician and royal (born 1937)
Simeon I of Bulgaria — Bulgarian Tsar who ruled from 893 to 927
Simeon of Moscow — Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1316–1353)
Simeon Stylites — Christian ascetic saint

In stories & tradition

Simeon — Book of Genesis (Bible)
Siméon — Polyeucte (musical stage work)

What Simeons become

Among 481 notable people named Simeon:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Simeon Eben Baldwin, American judge (1840–1927).

Similar names: Zack · Seamus · Ephraim · Judson · Salomon · Oren

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