Simeon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Simeon: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #351, and it stood at #1,162 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#351highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#351
1997	#403
1998	#398
1999	#454
2000	#430
2001	#707
2002	#509
2003	#558
2004	#731
2005	#525
2006	#814
2007	#677
2008	#746
2009	#696
2010	#942
2011	#812
2012	#1021
2013	#804
2014	#797
2015	#888
2016	#801
2017	#650
2018	#777
2019	#663
2020	#690
2021	#1023
2022	#901
2023	#1042
2024	#1162

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

In 2019: #418 among boys in Northern Ireland, #663 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #351 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: #351 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1162 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Simeon appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,174 births with the name.

Simeon across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Simeon's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#351 (1996)	#351 (1996)	#1162 (2024)	29 of 29	1,174 (1996–2024)	67 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#527 (2007)	#720 (2010)	3 of 5	10 (2006–2010)	4 (2007)

Simeon 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 Simeon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	224	4 of 10	56
2000sbusiest	394	10 of 10	39
2010s	393	10 of 10	39
2020s	163	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Simeon appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #351 in England and Wales in 1996.

Simeon'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	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1023	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#690	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#663	52	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#777	42	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#650	54	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#797	39	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#812	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#696	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#746	39	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#677	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#525	51	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#731	31	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#558	41	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#509	42	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#707	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#430	49	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#454	47	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#398	55	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#403	55	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#351	67	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #351, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Simisola · #655, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Daniyal · #351, 29y
Marlie · #351, 27y
Alena · #350, 30y
Florrie · #350, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adley · #351, 19y
Aislin · #351, 12y
Daniyal · #351, 29y
Elspeth · #351, 29y

Simeon was ranked #351 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Simeon 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 Simeon without appearing here.

Simeon moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1021 and #962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #804 and #1183.
Craig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #888 and #821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #801 and #1157.
Ross Compare
In 2018 they stood at #777 and #777 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #663 and #894.
Graham Compare
In 2001 they stood at #707 and #510 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #509 and #710.

Moved ahead of Simeon

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #690 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1023 and #433.
Filip Compare
In 2005 they stood at #525 and #615 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #814 and #443.
Carter Compare
In 2000 they stood at #430 and #445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #707 and #339.
Magnus Compare
In 2009 they stood at #696 and #737 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #942 and #589.

Moved the opposite way to Simeon

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Simeon

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Simeon went from #351 to #1162 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #351 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Simeon

Simeon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Simeon across 2 official records

Simeon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Simeon at a glance

Simeon across 2 official records

Simeon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Simeon

Simeon and the names beside it

Simeon moved ahead of

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