--- title: Simone Is a Popular Baby Name Search description: Thanks to a couple of Olympians canonical: https://time.com/4456522/simone-baby-name/ author: Wilder Davies article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-17T22:23:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:10.922Z og:title: A Lot of People Want to Name Their Babies 'Simone' og:description: The reason is pretty obvious og:url: https://time.com/4456522/simone-baby-name/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc895b97415cf5e2d/6988a2c4cd1bba04b870202c/simone-biles-simone-manuel-baby-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Simone Biles Baby Names og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Lot of People Want to Name Their Babies 'Simone' twitter:description: The reason is pretty obvious twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc895b97415cf5e2d/6988a2c4cd1bba04b870202c/simone-biles-simone-manuel-baby-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There Are About To Be A Lot More Babies Named Simone > Sponsored content. 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Alex Livesey/Getty Images  by [Wilder Davies](https://time.com/author/wilder-davies/)  ## Wilder Davies Aug 17, 2016 10:23 PM UTC While what you choose to [name your child](http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/02/how-baby-names-affect-your-childs-future/) can influence their life to some extent, whether it can help win a gold medal is not guaranteed. This may not be stopping soon-to-be parents from taking their chances. According to [Google Trends](http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/google-searches-spike-naming-baby-simone-after-success-biles-manuel-n632796?cid=sm%5Ftw), interest in the term ‘Simone baby name’ increased 230% during the month of August. The reason most likely stems from the Olympic achievements of gymnast Simone Biles and swimmer Simone Manuel. Both athletes have achieved awe-inspiring success in Rio. [Biles](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464%5F21024767,00.html) has been called “the greatest gymnast of all time” with her five medals: four golds and one bronze. She has also attracted several celebrity fans, from [North West ](http://motto.time.com/4446329/usa-womens-gymnastics-simone-biles/?iid=sr-link3) to Zac Efron. [Manuel](http://motto.time.com/4450005/olympics-americans-unstoppable/) tied for first in the 100m-freestyle, becoming the first African American woman to win a gold medal in an individual swimming event. Many on Twitter predicted a surge of interest in the name Simone before the Google results were revealed: > [](https://twitter.com/B1GHomie/status/763950185395294210) > [](https://twitter.com/maggieserota/status/764112594571522049) > [](https://twitter.com/drdebmd/status/763949693864816640) > [](https://twitter.com/SorayaMcDonald/status/764108626562805761) \[h/t [NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/google-searches-spike-naming-baby-simone-after-success-biles-manuel-n632796?cid=sm%5Ftw)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4456522/simone-baby-name/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4456522/simone-baby-name/"},"headline":"There Are About To Be A Lot More Babies Named Simone","datePublished":"2016-08-17T22:23:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:10.922Z","description":"The reason is pretty obvious","url":"https://time.com/4456522/simone-baby-name/","keywords":["motto","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc895b97415cf5e2d/6988a2c4cd1bba04b870202c/simone-biles-simone-manuel-baby-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Wilder Davies","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/wilder-davies/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc895b97415cf5e2d/6988a2c4cd1bba04b870202c/simone-biles-simone-manuel-baby-names.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Simone Biles Baby Names","caption":"simone biles simone manuel baby names google trends","creditText":"Alex Livesey/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4456522/simone-baby-name/","name":"There Are About To Be A Lot More Babies Named Simone"}}]}] ```