Given name & surname
Simmons
“the son of Simon”
Simmons is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “the son of Simon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “the son of Simon.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Simmons through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 17 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 246 as a first name in 2020; 199,853 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Simmons’s family of names
Simmons has a related form in Simpson. Simmons has a related form in Semmes. Simmons has a related form in Simmonds.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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