Meaning and history
From Συμεών (Symeon), the Old Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name Shimʿon (see Simon 1). In the Old Testament, this was the name of Jacob and Leah’s second son and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. In the New Testament, the form Σίμων (Simon) is more common, though Συμεών appears as the name of the man who blessed the newborn Jesus and is honored as a saint in most Christian traditions. The name was also borne by a powerful 10th-century ruler of Bulgaria who expanded the empire to its greatest extent.
20062006: 196 births, rank #948
2007: 215 births, rank #919
2008: 210 births, rank #954
2009: 196 births, rank #1,004
2010: 196 births, rank #997
20112011: 172 births, rank #1,082
2012: 205 births, rank #975
2013: 178 births, rank #1,058
2014: 176 births, rank #1,089
2015: 204 births, rank #998
20162016: 202 births, rank #1,009
2017: 214 births, rank #968
2018: 204 births, rank #1,012
2019: 222 births, rank #961
2020: 180 births, rank #1,101
20212021: 182 births, rank #1,119
2022: 148 births, rank #1,289
2023: 184 births, rank #1,140
2024: 188 births, rank #1,129
20252025: 197 births, rank #1,091
Simeon rose from #971 to #965 for boys between 2017 and 2019. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 222.