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Baby name
Simon
Boy
Origin of the name
Simon comes, through Greek, from the Hebrew Shim'on, often linked to shama, “to hear,” though its exact meaning is debated. It is the first name of the apostle whom Jesus called Peter.
Classic name
70,283births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 235rank at its peak, in 2015
Where babies named Simon are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Simon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Simon is most common in New Mexico (1.9 times), Oregon (1.7) and Washington (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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