Sion
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHON
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Sion is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Sion mean?
Hebrew: Welsh form of John
“God is gracious”
The Welsh form of John, from the Norman French Jean.
Is Sion a girl's or a boy's name?
Sion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Sion, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 96 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sion in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Sion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 48 | #753 |
| 2011 | 43 | #801 |
| 2010 | 42 | #786 |
| 2009 | 57 | #629 |
| 2008 | 48 | #701 |
| 2007 | 50 | #648 |
| 2006 | 61 | #540 |
| 2005 | 68 | #466 |
| 2004 | 56 | #512 |
| 2003 | 67 | #429 |
| 2002 | 72 | #379 |
| 2001 | 63 | #416 |
| 2000 | 96 | #322 |
| 1999 | 82 | #351 |
| 1998 | 88 | #328 |
| 1997 | 83 | #339 |
| 1996 | 81 | #327 |
How popular is Sion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Sion, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Sion in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 14% of the babies named Sion in the US were girls.
Sion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 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 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Sion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Aiden Ronan Declan Kian Kayden Brody Kenan Eden Rowan Dylan Flynn
Names related to Sion
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sion, updated 20 October 2026.