boys:
3.1k births since 1985
#2253 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1985
#4893 (37th percentile)
The name Zavion is the #4,893 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,085 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 36.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,253 (50.9% percentile) for all time with 3,085 births since 1985.
Zavion first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for boys in 1985). Birth data for Zavion is available in 35 out of the 39 years between 1985 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, Zavion reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 21.3% percentile (ranked #709) with 94 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 94 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zavion ranks #845 for boys (7.3% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 41.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zavion".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zavion. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Zavion is pronounced as ZAY-vee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZA-vee-uhn, at 13.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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