Shimon

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shimon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shimon: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,000, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1000highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2022
1998	#1485
1999	#2425
2000	#1330
2001	#1467
2002	#1411
2003	#2189
2004	#1732
2005	#1377
2006	#1643
2007	#1756
2008	#1706
2009	#1568
2010	#2400
2011	#1124
2012	#1589
2013	#1294
2014	#1630
2015	#1279
2016	#1903
2017	#1812
2018	#1194
2019	#1316
2020	#1273
2021	#1290
2022	#1420
2023	#1610
2024	#1000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shimon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shimon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	106	10 of 10	11
2010s	165	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	103	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shimon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1000 in England and Wales in 2024.

Shimon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,000, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
30births registered in its largest year, 202425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Avinash · #1000, 24y
Frasier · #1000, 26y
Umut · #1000, 29y
Aayush · #999, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Avinash · #1000, 24y
Frasier · #1000, 26y
Nahid · #1000, 22y
Umut · #1000, 29y

Shimon was ranked #1000 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shimon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shimon without appearing here.

Shimon moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1000 and #5119.
Fredrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1272 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1000 and #3254.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #3687.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Shimon

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1411 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #1092.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1294 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #1012.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Shimon

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Shimon

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shimon went from #2357 to #1000 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1000 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shimon

Shimon at a glance

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Popularity journey

Shimon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Shimon at a glance

Shimon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Shimon moved ahead of

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