Simona

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Simona: Recorded since 1969, it reached #191 in 1987, and it stood at #513 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#191highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1666
1999	#1557
2000	#1475
2001	#2023
2002	#2540
2003	#2191
2004	#2802
2005	#2084
2006	#1502
2007	#1234
2008	#1093
2009	#1209
2010	#1218
2011	#1225
2012	#975
2013	#1048
2014	#1094
2015	#1240
2016	#938
2017	#1043
2018	#1136
2019	#1439
2020	#1313
2021	#1102
2022	#1685
2023	#1640
2024	#1672

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 43 of the 56 years from 1969 to 2024.

In 2024: #513 among girls in Norway, #1672 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #522 among girls in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1969–2024
Highest recorded position: #191 among girls in Norway, in 1987 (recorded 1969–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Simona appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 43 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 443 births with the name.

Simona across 3 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.

Simona'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
Norway · Girls	#522 (1969)	#191 (1987)	#513 (2024)	43 of 56	443 (1969–2024)	33 (1987)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#938 (2016)	#1672 (2024)	28 of 29	579 (1996–2024)	39 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#620 (2002)	#536 (2014)	#651 (2017)	12 of 16	61 (2002–2017)	7 (2010)

Simona by decade in Norway · Girls

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 Simona in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	29	6 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	184	10 of 10	18
1990s	130	10 of 10	13
2000s	32	6 of 10	5
2010s	43	6 of 10	7
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Simona 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 4 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #191 in Norway in 1987.

Simona'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	female	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1102	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1043	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#938	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1240	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1048	34	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#975	37	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1225	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1209	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#513	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#483	5	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#422	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#462	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#437	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#456	8	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#432	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#619	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#578	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#496	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#498	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#516	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#533	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#340	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#585	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#461	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#395	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#370	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#283	17	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#247	21	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#331	14	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#228	26	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#219	27	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#193	33	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#191	33	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#249	20	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#234	21	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#374	12	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#293	15	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#515	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#551	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#395	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#583	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#574	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#527	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#623	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#608	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#522	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #191, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 49 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.

Simisola · #655, 23y
Simon · #12, 78y
Simonas · #611, 12y
Simone · #40, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Jennie · #192, 50y
Milena · #193, 55y
Evelina · #194, 47y
Farah · #195, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aodh · #191, 21y
Olivier · #191, 37y
Redmond · #191, 30y
Rosemarie · #191, 61y

Simona was ranked #191 in Norway · Girls in 1987. 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.

Simona 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 Simona without appearing here.

Simona moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #3824.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1502 and #3548.
Kristine Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2802 and #2278 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1502 and #3548.
Pauline Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #1796 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1502 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Simona

Meabh Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1102 and #1286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1685 and #1142.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1136 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #1063.
Ezra Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1136 and #1234 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #1119.
Frida Compare
In 2016 they stood at #938 and #955 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1043 and #740.

Moved the opposite way to Simona

Sophia Compare
Between 1983 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Simona went from #293 to #513 while Sophia went from #558 to #96.
Matilda Compare
Between 1986 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Simona went from #249 to #513 while Matilda went from #526 to #202.
Iben Compare
Between 1988 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Simona went from #193 to #513 while Iben went from #668 to #11.
Amelia Compare
Between 1989 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Simona went from #219 to #513 while Amelia went from #652 to #39.

Moved the same way as Simona

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Simona went from #3126 to #1672 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Simona went from #3126 to #1672 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Simona went from #3126 to #1672 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Simona went from #3126 to #1672 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 4 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #191 in Norway in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Simona

Simona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Simona across 3 official records

Simona by decade in Norway · Girls

Simona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Simona

Simona and the names beside it

Simona moved ahead of

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Simona at a glance

Simona across 3 official records

Simona by decade in Norway · Girls

Simona appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Simona

Simona and the names beside it

Simona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Simona

Moved the opposite way to Simona

Moved the same way as Simona