boys:
291 births since 1928
#4295 (6th percentile)
overall:
291 births since 1928
#7448 (4th percentile)
The name Ion is the #7,448 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 291 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,295 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 291 births since 1928.
Ion first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (first recorded for boys in 1928). Birth data for Ion is available in 40 out of the 96 years between 1928 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ion reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #901) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ion is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #901 (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ion".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ion", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 34 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ian" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ian..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ion. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.7% confident that Ion is pronounced as AI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AI-ahn, at 26.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like AY1 AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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