Girls' name · peaked in 1988
Simone name popularity since 1925
27,553 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Simone (98.2% girls, 1.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1995 or earlier, so the typical Simone is about 31 years old in 2026. Simone peaked in 1988 as the #311 name for girls, and it ranked #998 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,553
- Named Simone, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #998
- for girls in 2025 (254 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.2% girls
- 27,057 girls · 496 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 2.07× its national share
Peak year is the year Simone made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Simone births per year, 1925–2025
1988 was the biggest year for Simone both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1981 and 1986, Simone's share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 4,060 to 1 in 6,620.
- Fastest rise: Between 1985 and 1990, it became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 7,650 baby girls to 1 in 2,480.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Simone's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Simone.
Decade by decade
Babies named Simone in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 185 | 10 | – |
| 1930s | 382 | 21 | #1,994 |
| 1940s | 532 | 13 | #1,231 |
| 1950s | 583 | 0 | #1,419 |
| 1960s | 2,539 | 27 | #658 |
| 1970s | 2,139 | 103 | #756 |
| 1980s | 3,873 | 98 | #761 |
| 1990s | 5,834 | 87 | #464 |
| 2000s | 5,282 | 73 | #551 |
| 2010s | 4,018 | 53 | #826 |
| 2020–25 | 1,690 | 11 | #998 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
30.0% of babies named Simone from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Simone is most popular
The index compares Simone's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Simone.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 2.07× | 3,673 |
| Maryland | 1.74× | 623 |
| New Jersey | 1.63× | 1,052 |
| Louisiana | 1.56× | 657 |
| Massachusetts | 1.50× | 838 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Simone and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Simone (this page) | 27,057 | 1988 |
| Symone | 4,376 | 1991 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Simone's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Simone.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Simone (1988).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data