Simone
- Pronunciation
- [Si-mone]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Heard; Good Listener.
- Origin
- French
About the Name Simone
Simone is the French feminine form of Simon, itself from the Hebrew Shim'on, meaning "heard" or, in an expanded traditional reading, "God has heard" — a name of answered prayer rooted in the Hebrew Bible. The name Simon was carried by multiple figures in the New Testament, and its French feminine counterpart Simone inherited the same depth of religious and philosophical heritage. In France and the French-speaking world, Simone became a name associated with intellectual gravity and moral seriousness — qualities embodied by the philosopher and activist Simone Weil, a French philosopher, political activist, and Christian mystic whose intense, ascetic life produced a body of writing that has fascinated theologians, leftists, and literary critics.
The name's European literary and philosophical associations give Simone a distinctive profile in American use: it is perceived as sophisticated, international, and quietly formidable — a name that wears its two syllables with complete confidence. The final silent -e marks it clearly as French in origin, distinguishing it from the Hebrew Simon in both sound and cultural register. Its appeal to American parents spans those drawn to French elegance and those seeking a name with genuine intellectual weight.
Simone first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and peaked in 2004 at #477. It maintained a continuous presence for over two decades, last appearing in the top-1000 in 2023 at #926, with a total of around 10,489 top-1000 births tracked across that span. That longevity reflects a name with devoted, cross-generational admiration. The variant Simonetta offers a more elaborate Italian form for those drawn to the name's Romance roots.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Simone
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Simone by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2004 with 616 girls named Simone (girl rank #477 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #998 for girls (254 US births). That's 521 places below its 2004 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Simone Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Simone the strongest states are District of Columbia, Connecticut, Oregon.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | #154 | 40 |
| 2 | Connecticut | #440 | 22 |
| 3 | Oregon | #445 | 75 |
| 4 | New York | #574 | 282 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #595 | 92 |
| 6 | Minnesota | #612 | 47 |
| 7 | Maryland | #637 | 66 |
| 8 | California | #646 | 490 |
| 9 | Colorado | #655 | 42 |
| 10 | Washington | #670 | 107 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #933 | 51 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #896 | 76 |
| 3 | Louisiana | #862 | 29 |
| 4 | Georgia | #845 | 49 |
| 5 | Ohio | #839 | 60 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #836 | 22 |
| 7 | Virginia | #816 | 79 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #801 | 88 |
| 9 | Michigan | #749 | 80 |
| 10 | Indiana | #721 | 39 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Simone in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Famous People Named Simone
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Simone.
- Simone Weil was a French philosopher, Christian spiritualist and an activist who was a part of the French Resistance during World War II.
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Compare Simone to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Simone against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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