Sean vs Simon

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• New Zealand · Boys

  In 1997, Sean was ranked #34 and Simon #83 among boys in New Zealand.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  In 1997, Sean was ranked #52 and Simon #94 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2022, Sean was ranked #77 and Simon #311 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Norway · Boys

  In 2022, Sean was ranked #496 and Simon #99 among boys in Norway.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Sean was ranked #141 and Simon #244 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Sean was ranked #234 and Simon #535 among boys in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2025, Sean was ranked #615 and Simon #606 among boys in England and Wales.

Sean and Simon over time

Sean and Simon over time

Sean and Simon appear together in 6 published lists, across 232 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

The order between them changed and held in 3 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Simon reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 4 of those lists, Sean in 1. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• Republic of Ireland · Boys62 shared years, 1964–2025

  Sean held the stronger position in 62 of those years, Simon in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Sean #1 in 1997, Simon #46 in 1987.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Sean #141, Simon #244.

• Norway · Boys47 shared years, 1965–2022

  Sean held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Simon in 47.

  Highest recorded here: Sean #185 in 2007, Simon #35 in 1992.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Sean #496, Simon #99.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys35 shared years, 1963–1997

  Sean held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Simon in 26.

  Highest recorded here: Sean #29 in 1967, Simon #24 in 1970.

  The order changed in 1990: Sean moved ahead. In 1989 they stood at #45 and #41; by 1990 that had become #42 and #52.

  Most recent shared year, 1997: Sean #52, Simon #94.

• New Zealand · Boys35 shared years, 1963–1997

  Sean held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Simon in 29.

  Highest recorded here: Sean #28 in 1995, Simon #12 in 1976.

  The order changed in 1992: Sean moved ahead. In 1991 they stood at #38 and #34; by 1992 that had become #32 and #42.

  Most recent shared year, 1997: Sean #34, Simon #83.

• England and Wales · Boys30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Sean held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Simon in 7.

  Highest recorded here: Sean #49 in 1996, Simon #87 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2016: Simon moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #284 and #345; by 2016 that had become #359 and #359.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Sean #615, Simon #606.

• Northern Ireland · Boys23 shared years, 1997–2022

  Sean held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Simon in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Sean #13 in 2001, Simon #95 in 2000.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Sean #77, Simon #311.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

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How each name got here