Shimon

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he has heard; a form of Simon.

Babies a year
173
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#963
down from #932
UK popularity
#1538
17 babies

How Shimon has moved

US popularity rank, 2024–2025. Lower is more popular.
#853#948#1042202420252025#963

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YearUS rank
2024#932
2025#963

Shimon by the numbers

In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Shimon. In the US, 173 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 184 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Simon

Like Shimon, each of these traces back to Simon: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • SimoneGod has heard; feminine form of Simon373 in the US (2017)
  • SimonaGod has heard; feminine form of Simon20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Szymonhe has heard; Polish form of Simon14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Symonhe has heard; a form of Simon12 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shimon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • SimonGod has heard1,366 in the US (2017)
  • Shamon5 in the US (2017)
  • Shion4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shilohthe one to whom it belongs; place name788 in the US (2017)
  • Simeonhe has heard; god has heard211 in the US (2017)
  • Shilohe for whom it is; a form of Shiloh29 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Shimon

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