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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

SimonIn Hebrew: סימון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Simon (Hebrew: סימון) is a boy's name of international origin. 3,239 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1950, with 132 babies.

People in Israel
3,239
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1950
132 babies
USA, 2025
1,529
rank #230

Writing and saying Simon

In Hebrew letters the name is סימון, read right to left. Simon is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Simon by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Simon: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Simon in English-speaking countries

Simon in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,529#2302015 (1,645)
United Kingdom202563#6501997 (503)
England and Wales202563#6061996 (656)
Ireland202519#2391987 (186)
British Columbia202322#1571976 (50)
Alberta202530#1622008 (47)
Quebec202546#1421986 (1,090)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Simon has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Simon

How do you write Simon in Hebrew?

Simon is written סימון in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Simon?

3,239 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סימון: 573 women and 2,666 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Simon a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 82.3% of the people named סימון are men.

Is Simon used outside Israel?

The name Simon appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,529 boys were given it in 2025 (#230), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 63 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.