Mostly boys · peaked in 2023
Zion name popularity since 1925
53,891 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Zion (13.0% girls, 87.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2015 or earlier, so the typical Zion is about 11 years old in 2026. Zion peaked in 2023 as the #125 name for boys, and it ranked #142 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 53,891
- Named Zion, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #142
- for boys in 2025 (2,496 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 87.0% boys
- 7,026 girls · 46,865 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 2.75× its national share
Peak year is the year Zion made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Zion births per year, 1925–2025
2023 was the biggest year for Zion both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1998 and 2003, Zion became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 7,900 baby boys to 1 in 2,250.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Zion's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Zion.
Decade by decade
Babies named Zion in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 57 | #4,308 |
| 1980s | 11 | 86 | #4,697 |
| 1990s | 286 | 1,605 | #2,101 |
| 2000s | 2,711 | 11,635 | #293 |
| 2010s | 3,213 | 17,789 | #227 |
| 2020–25 | 805 | 15,693 | #142 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
58.9% of babies named Zion from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Zion is most popular
The index compares Zion's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Zion.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 2.75× | 449 |
| Nevada | 2.60× | 484 |
| Georgia | 2.52× | 3,632 |
| Florida | 2.45× | 4,626 |
| Maryland | 2.19× | 1,749 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Zion and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Zion (this page) | 46,865 | 2023 |
| Zyon | 4,325 | 2023 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Zion's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Zion.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Zion (2023).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data