girls:
109 births since 2005
#5607 (2nd percentile)
boys:
808 births since 1999
#3779 (18th percentile)
overall:
917 births since 1999
#6822 (12th percentile)
The name Ziyon is the #6,822 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 917 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 11.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,779 (17.5% percentile) for all time with 808 births since 1999. For girls, it ranks #5,607 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 109 births since 2005.
Ziyon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for boys and 2005 for girls).
The name Ziyon has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Ziyon were boys.
For boys, Ziyon reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #828) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ziyon ranks #876 for boys (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 78.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ziyon reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #935) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ziyon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ziyon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Ziyon is pronounced as ZAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZEE-uhn, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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