girls:
6.8k births since 1985
#1989 (65th percentile)
boys:
41.9k births since 1917
#547 (88th percentile)
overall:
48.8k births since 1917
#1096 (86th percentile)
The name Zion is the #1,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 48,764 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 85.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #547 (88.1% percentile) for all time with 41,942 births since 1917. For girls, it ranks #1,989 (65.2% percentile) for all time with 6,822 births since 1985.
Zion first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Zion is available in 51 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 34 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 Zion has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 95.7% of babies named Zion were boys.
For boys, Zion reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 86.7% percentile (ranked #122) with 1,566 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,566 births per million (ranked 86.7% percentile). Despite a peak around 2003, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Zion is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #122 (86.7% percentile) with 1,566 births per million.
For girls, Zion reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 47.9% percentile (ranked #515) with 248 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 248 births per million (ranked 47.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zion ranks #822 for girls (13.2% percentile) with 74 births per million, which is 30.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zion".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zion. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Zion is pronounced as ZAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEE-uhn, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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