boys:
5k births since 1947
#1700 (63rd percentile)
overall:
5k births since 1947
#3866 (50th percentile)
The name Shimon is the #3,866 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,984 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 50.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,700 (62.9% percentile) for all time with 4,984 births since 1947.
Shimon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (first recorded for boys in 1947). Birth data for Shimon is available in 70 out of the 77 years between 1947 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Shimon reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.6% percentile (ranked #705) with 115 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 115 births per million (ranked 22.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1983, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shimon is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #705 (22.6% percentile) with 115 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shimon".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Shimon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.0% confident that Shimon is pronounced as SHEE-muhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-muhn, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like SH IY1 M AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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