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In the United States 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2006 per million babies of that sex 3,224 babies given this name since 1951 At its height in 2006, about 1 in 13,600 girls 86 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Samuel Boy Hebrew Shmu'el. Usually read as 'name of God' or 'God has heard'; 1 Samuel 1:20 links it to asking and hearing, and… Biblical · peak 1880 Samantha Girl Probably an 18th-century American coinage combining Samuel with the ending -antha. The claim that it means… Revolutions · peak 1991 Sam Boy A short form of Samuel, from Hebrew Shemu'el, explained variously as 'name of God' or 'God has heard'; also of Samson. Victorian · peak 1882 Summer Girl From the English word for the season, Old English sumor. Modern · peak 1977 Simon Boy Greek form used for Hebrew Shim'on (Simeon, 'he has heard'); Simōn was also an existing Greek name meaning 'snub-nosed'. Biblical · peak 2015 Sammy Boy A pet form of Samuel, from Hebrew Shemu'el, usually read as 'name of God' or 'God has heard'. Modern · peak 1946 Ximena Girl A medieval Spanish name of uncertain origin, possibly a feminine of Ximeno (perhaps a form of Simeon) or of Basque… Middle Ages · peak 2016 Simone Girl or boy The French feminine and the Italian masculine form of Simon, from Hebrew Shim'on, usually linked to shama 'he has… Middle Ages · peak 1988 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.