# Sion (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sion/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 883 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 798 / 85 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,318, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 12,512 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,784 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,426 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15,503 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,489 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,659 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,140 |
| 2008 | 12 | 9,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,984 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,585 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,423 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,352 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,876 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,614 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,773 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,114 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,529 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,284 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,270 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,718 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,139 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,123 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,486 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,954 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,942 |
| 2024 | 31 | 3,679 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,981 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 48 | 695 |
| 2013 | 39 | 788 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,095 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Sion

- Sion James, American basketball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.