# Zion (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zion/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈzaɪ.ən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sion |
| US babies named this | 53,897 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 46,871 / 7,026 (13% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,782, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Sion, from Old English Syon, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Initial Z- was likely under influence from Early New High German Zion, itself influenced by the Ashkenazi pronunciation /t͡s/.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 472 | 613 |
| 2012 | 354 | 778 |
| 2013 | 328 | 822 |
| 2014 | 298 | 910 |
| 2015 | 309 | 895 |
| 2016 | 298 | 927 |
| 2017 | 287 | 924 |
| 2018 | 248 | 1,042 |
| 2019 | 205 | 1,169 |
| 2020 | 186 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 150 | 1,440 |
| 2022 | 139 | 1,547 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,602 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,912 |
| 2025 | 94 | 2,035 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,456 | 245 |
| 2012 | 1,533 | 235 |
| 2013 | 1,531 | 236 |
| 2014 | 1,484 | 254 |
| 2015 | 1,694 | 227 |
| 2016 | 1,849 | 213 |
| 2017 | 1,978 | 199 |
| 2018 | 2,183 | 181 |
| 2019 | 2,551 | 153 |
| 2020 | 2,536 | 143 |
| 2021 | 2,769 | 136 |
| 2022 | 2,634 | 143 |
| 2023 | 2,889 | 125 |
| 2024 | 2,369 | 152 |
| 2025 | 2,496 | 142 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 580 |
| 2012 | 92 | 429 |
| 2013 | 87 | 451 |
| 2014 | 97 | 419 |
| 2015 | 88 | 461 |
| 2016 | 139 | 339 |
| 2017 | 162 | 308 |
| 2018 | 165 | 295 |
| 2019 | 211 | 238 |
| 2020 | 272 | 192 |
| 2021 | 273 | 199 |
| 2022 | 305 | 167 |
| 2023 | 354 | 150 |
| 2024 | 332 | 155 |
| 2025 | 374 | 135 |

## In other languages

- Latin: Sion

## People named Zion

- Zion Suzuki, American-Japanese association footballer
- Zion Williamson, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Zión Moreno, American actress
- Zion Lights, British author and activist known for her environmental work and science communication

## 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.