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How popular is the name Simeon?
Births per year, rank history and how many Simeons are alive today.
Simeon (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1066th in 2025 and given to 28 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 67 babies were given the name, the 351st most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 42% of its peak.
The Simeon you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 8: the name has two living generations. Half of all Simeons born in England and Wales are between 12 and 31, and there are at least 1,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Simeon - on average, only one in every 190 such rooms contains a Simeon.
How many babies are named Simeon each year?
Where does Simeon rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Simeon most popular?
Simeon peaked in 1996, when 67 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Simeon?
At least 1,600 people named Simeon born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Simeon?
Most living Simeons are between 12 and 31; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 8.
Is Simeon becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.