girls:
27k births since 1908
#868 (85th percentile)
boys:
529 births since 1913
#4057 (11th percentile)
overall:
27.6k births since 1908
#1530 (80th percentile)
The name Simone is the #1,530 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 27,553 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 80.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #868 (84.8% percentile) for all time with 27,024 births since 1908. For boys, it ranks #4,057 (11.5% percentile) for all time with 529 births since 1913.
Simone first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (1908 for girls and 1913 for boys).
The name Simone has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Simone reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 63.7% percentile (ranked #294) with 414 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 414 births per million (ranked 63.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Simone ranks #673 for girls (29.0% percentile) with 163 births per million, which is 39.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Simone reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #738) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Simone ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 28.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Simone".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Simone. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.7% confident that Simone is pronounced as sih-MOHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is see-MOHN, at 23.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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