Zion

What Zion means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Zion yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zion?

US: Rising: up from #227 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #461 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 2,889 boys got the name (#125 that year). First in the US records in 1917.

How common

• About 1 in 684 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 727 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 982 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (4.8 per 1,000 boys), VT (4.13 per 1,000 boys), AK (3.52 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Zion is #142 in the US and #135 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.4% of US babies named Zion were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zian60 US · 25 E&W
• Zeon11 US · 5 E&W
• Ziaan5 US
• Zino0 US · 5 E&W
• Cion5 US
• Cyon5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Sion

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Zion

Boys

• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Johan#572Variant of Joan, meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Isaias#426Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #426 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Hezekiah#485“Yahu is My Strength”^*

For a sister

• Eve#519Editor’s note Down from #470 in 2015 to #519 in 2025 in the US
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Sarai#424“master, chief”^*
• Azariah#630“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zion’s. Rank is US 2025.