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Zion

Pronounced /ˈzaɪ.ən/

Rank in 2024
#1,906
Born in 2024
104
Peak year
2007 · #575
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:2,359 in 2024 (#151)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 104 girls were named Zion, about 1 in every 15,511.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 524 babies, ranked #575.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1985.
  • 6,928 girls have been named Zion since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Zion per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 65 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,182 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,681 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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/.

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
  • A female given name.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈzaɪ.ən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Zion, CC BY-SA 4.0.