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A name. A world of connections.
“listen or hearing”
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Simen is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Finnish and Norwegian. It is a form of Simon, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “listen or hearing”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Šimen (Slovene)
Meaning: “listen or hearing”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Norway, 2025: 5 boys (rank 448). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Simen
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | 5 | 348 | observed |
| 1948 | 7 | 304 | observed |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | 4 | 379 | observed |
| 1953 | 4 | 384 | observed |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | 5 | 376 | observed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 7 | 341 | observed |
| 1958 | 7 | 346 | observed |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 8 | 339 | observed |
| 1961 | 14 | 249 | observed |
| 1962 | 9 | 333 | observed |
| 1963 | 12 | 285 | observed |
| 1964 | 16 | 244 | observed |
| 1965 | 12 | 296 | observed |
| 1966 | 14 | 273 | observed |
| 1967 | 15 | 262 | observed |
| 1968 | 17 | 244 | observed |
| 1969 | 15 | 279 | observed |
| 1970 | 27 | 204 | observed |
| 1971 | 26 | 212 | observed |
| 1972 | 32 | 200 | observed |
| 1973 | 31 | 196 | observed |
| 1974 | 38 | 176 | observed |
| 1975 | 50 | 144 | observed |
| 1976 | 39 | 174 | observed |
| 1977 | 43 | 161 | observed |
| 1978 | 51 | 142 | observed |
| 1979 | 48 | 149 | observed |
| 1980 | 63 | 128 | observed |
| 1981 | 62 | 125 | observed |
| 1982 | 95 | 83 | observed |
| 1983 | 79 | 109 | observed |
| 1984 | 85 | 90 | observed |
| 1985 | 102 | 76 | observed |
| 1986 | 128 | 59 | observed |
| 1987 | 154 | 52 | observed |
| 1988 | 173 | 47 | observed |
| 1989 | 255 | 29 | observed |
| 1990 | 363 | 21 | observed |
| 1991 | 343 | 21 | observed |
| 1992 | 372 | 19 | observed |
| 1993 | 402 | 17 | observed |
| 1994 | 395 | 18 | observed |
| 1995 | 378 | 19 | observed |
| 1996 | 405 | 16 | observed |
| 1997 | 409 | 12 | observed |
| 1998 | 363 | 15 | observed |
| 1999 | 357 | 18 | observed |
| 2000 | 413 | 11 | observed |
| 2001 | 304 | 22 | observed |
| 2002 | 332 | 17 | observed |
| 2003 | 269 | 23 | observed |
| 2004 | 267 | 23 | observed |
| 2005 | 221 | 29 | observed |
| 2006 | 207 | 34 | observed |
| 2007 | 200 | 36 | observed |
| 2008 | 193 | 38 | observed |
| 2009 | 146 | 60 | observed |
| 2010 | 134 | 68 | observed |
| 2011 | 138 | 65 | observed |
| 2012 | 70 | 110 | observed |
| 2013 | 69 | 107 | observed |
| 2014 | 61 | 113 | observed |
| 2015 | 46 | 141 | observed |
| 2016 | 25 | 209 | observed |
| 2017 | 42 | 145 | observed |
| 2018 | 25 | 206 | observed |
| 2019 | 23 | 208 | observed |
| 2020 | 15 | 248 | observed |
| 2021 | 17 | 233 | observed |
| 2022 | 12 | 300 | observed |
| 2023 | 6 | 424 | observed |
| 2024 | 9 | 354 | observed |
| 2025 | 5 | 448 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Simen” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Norwegian chess player, chess coach and football player
Norwegian cross-country skier
Norwegian speed skater
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
