Ion
Boy · YON · Hebrew
Ion is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Ion mean?
Hebrew: Romanian form of John
“God is gracious”
The everyday Romanian form of John; in Greek myth Ion was also the ancestor of the Ionian Greeks.
- Say it
- YON
Is Ion a girl's or a boy's name?
Ion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ion, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Ion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Ion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Ion, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1928.
Half of all the boys named Ion in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
Nicknames for Ion
- Ionut 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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