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Zion
Pronounced /ˈzaɪ.ən/
Rank in 2024
#151
Born in 2024
2,359
Peak year
2023 · #125
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:104 in 2024 (#1,906)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,359 boys were named Zion, about 1 in every 727.
- It peaked in 2023 with 2,883 babies, ranked #125.
- It first shows up in the records in 1917.
- 44,345 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 1.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 63 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 303 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 17,534 babies, 0.56 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 26,439 babies, 1.22 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.