girls:
313 births since 1986
#5403 (5th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1954
#3202 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1954
#5997 (22nd percentile)
The name Rion is the #5,997 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,754 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 22.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,202 (30.1% percentile) for all time with 1,441 births since 1954. For girls, it ranks #5,403 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 313 births since 1986.
Rion first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Rion is available in 58 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (58 years for boys and 31 years for girls). 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.
The name Rion has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 79.1% of babies named Rion were boys.
For boys, Rion reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #881) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rion ranks #882 for boys (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 72.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rion reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #943) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rion ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 34.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rion".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rion. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Rion is pronounced as RAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is REE-uhn, at 37.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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