Rion
Boy · REE-on · Irish
Rion is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Rion mean?
Irish: probably a variant of Rian or Ryan
Probably a variant of Rian, the old Irish personal name behind the surname Ryan.
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Is Rion a girl's or a boy's name?
Rion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Rion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Rion, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 34 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 291 boys in the UK were given Rion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #201, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Rion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 34 | #984 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Rion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Rion, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954. 6 girls were also named Rion in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Rion than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Rion in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 197 boys in the US were given Rion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,003, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 18% of the babies named Rion in the US were girls.
Rion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
Names like Rion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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