Simon
Top 1000
About Simon
Simon is pure and simple (not in the nursery rhyme sense), and an appealingly genuine Old and New Testament name that's not overused. These factors make Simon a stylish yet classic choice.
In the Bible, Simon was the second son of Jacob and Leah and the original name of Saint Peter, as well as the name of several New Testament figures. Historically, Simon Bolivar is known as The Liberator of Latin America.
The New Testament spelling of Simon (rather than Simeon) was probably influenced by the unrelated Greek name Simon, meaning "flat-nosed". The Hebrew Shim'on or Simeon means "He has heard". Later, it was also conflated with the Old English name Sigemund ("victory-protection") — so there's an element of several origins and meanings in the name.
Simon was one of the more appealing characters in Lord of the Flies, then became part of the British invasion of names that hit U.S. shores along with the Beatles. Other recent notable Simons include Simon Templar, aka The Saint; Simon Cowell, snarky judge on The X Factor; Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran; and Simon Baker, Australian-born star of The Mentalist.
Simon is currently very popular in several European countries, including Austria, Denmark, France, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium.
Pronounced SY-mun.
As of October 2026, Simon ranked #230 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #142 in 1886, Nameberry popularity #47.
Editor's take: The name Simon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he has heard; flat-nosed".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #231 | 1,619 | 842.8 |
| 2015 | #235 | 1,645 | 858.2 |
| 2016 | #244 | 1,558 | 821 |
| 2017 | #263 | 1,385 | 748.3 |
| 2018 | #253 | 1,452 | 799.5 |
| 2019 | #257 | 1,418 | 790.3 |
| 2020 | #249 | 1,408 | 815.7 |
| 2021 | #248 | 1,429 | 816.8 |
| 2022 | #241 | 1,456 | 833.9 |
| 2023 | #248 | 1,410 | 824.3 |
| 2024 | #252 | 1,402 | 813.7 |
| 2025 | #230 | 1,529 | 895.2 |
World rankings
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Simon on lists
Famous Simons
- Simon the Zealot
Biblical apostle
- Simon Magus
Biblical Samaritan converted by Philip the Evangelist
- Simon Peter
original name of Saint Peter
- Simon
father of Judas Iscariot (John 8:71)
- Simon Bolivar (born Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco)
South American revolutionary
- Simon Baker
Australian actor
- Simon Phillip Cowell
English music producer and TV competition show judge
- Simon Fuller
English producer who created the Pop Idol/American Idol franchise
- Simon Helberg
American actor
- Simon Michael Schama
English historian
- Simon Amstell
English comedian
- Simon John Charles Le Bon
lead singer of English band Duran Duran
- Simon John Pegg
English actor, comedian and director
- Simon Nessman
Canadian male model
- Simon Aspelin
Swedish tennis player
- Simon Proulx
Sénécal, Canadian ice dancer who represents Armenia
- Simon Williams
English actor
- Simon Townshend
English musician, brother of musician Pete Townshend
- Simon de Montfort
6th Earl of Leicester, briefly ruled England after rebelling against Henry III
- Simon IV of Montfort
lord of Montfort,l'Amaury, 5th earl of Leicester, French crusader
- Simon Thassi
led 1st century B.C. Jewish revolt against the Seleucids
- Simon Solomon Webbe
singer with English boy band Blue
- Simon Jonathon Gallup
bassist for English band The Cure
- Paul Simon
American musician of Simon & Garfunkel
- Simon Dominic
South Korean rapper
- Simon van Kempen
husband of "The Real Housewives of New York" star Alex McCord
- Simon Edward Minter aka Miniminter
British YouTuber
- Simon Philip Yates
professional cyclist and 2018 Vuelta winner
- Simon Bird
comedic actor from the UK
- Simon Majumdar
British,born cookbook author
Simon in pop culture
- Simon Lewis
character in the "Mortal Instruments" series
- Simon Tam
a character from the TV show "Firefly"
- Simon Spier
the main character in "Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda" By Becky Albertalli
- Simon Snow
the main character of Rainbow Rowell's "Carry On"
- Simon the Digger ('Shimon')
character from anime "Gurren Lagann"
- Simon
character in book/movie "Lord of The Flies"
- Simon Camden
character on TV's "7th Heaven"
- Simon Belmont
character from video game series "Castlevania"
- Simon Legree
cruel slave,owner in novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- Simon Tappertit
apprentice to Gabriel Varden in "Barnaby Rudge"
- Simon Cooper
character from UK TV series "The Inbetweeners"
- Simon Grace
character from the "Spiderwick Chronicles"
- Simon
from "Alvin and the Chipmunks"
- Simon Bellamy
character on British TV series Misfits
- Simon Moon
character on TV's "Frasier"
- Simon Beaumont
character on TV's "Ravenswood"
- Simon James
Jesse Eisenberg's character in movie "The Doubl"
- Simon Snow
hero of a made,up book series in "Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell
- Simon Blackquill
character from video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Simon Monroe
a character from the British TV show "In the Flesh"
- Simon Brown
character in the "Nanny McPhee" series
- Simon "Wicksy" Wicks
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- Simon John Barlow
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Simon Hawke
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Simon Adamsson
character in "Sims" series
- Simon
British ship's cat awarded the Dickin Medal
- "Simon
" 1980 movie, starring Alan Arkin
- "Simon
" 2004 movie
- Simon
pseudonymic writer of the 1977 'Simon Necronomicon"
- "Simon
" album by the band Gruvis Malt
- "Simon & Simon
" television series with brother detectives
- "Simon Says
" children's game
- Simple Simon
nursery rhyme character
- Simon Fraser University
school in B.C., Canada
- Simon & Schuster
U.S. book publishers
- Simon Stagg
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Simon
character in Aphmau's YouTube series "Dreams of Estorra"
- Simon
character in the horror movie "Session 9"
- Simon Asher
character on ABC's "Quantico"
- Simon "Peter" Davidson
character in "Age of the Gray"
- Simon Battersea
character in Joan Aiken's "Wolves Chronicles" series
- Simon Emmett
character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
- Simon
electronic game of memory skill, available since 1978
- Simon Williams
Character in avengers earth mightiest heroes show also known as Wonder Man.
- Simon Laurent
main character in the animated series “Infinity Train”
- "Simon Lee, the Old Huntsman"
A ballad in William Wordsworth's collection of poems, "Lyrical Ballads"
- Simon Petrikov
character from Adventure Time, also known as "Ice King"
Variations & nicknames
- SíomónIrish Gaelic
- SimondIrish Gaelic
- SimScottish Gaelic
- SimidhScottish Gaelic
- XimunBasque
- SimoneItalian
- XimenSpanish
- XimenesSpanish
- XimensSpanish
- SimaoPortuguese
- SiemenDutch
- SimeonGerman
- SimmyGerman
- SymonPolish
- SzmonPolish
- SzymonPolish
- SimionRomanian
- SimunekCzech
- SemyonRussian
- SemonGreek
- SymeonGreek
- ShimonHebrew
- SiomonHebrew
- SameinArabic