Tsion
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TSEE-on
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Tsion is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fortress, stronghold”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Tsion mean?
Hebrew: Ethiopian and Eritrean form of Zion
“fortress, stronghold”
Ethiopian tradition holds that the Ark of the Covenant rests at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Aksum.
Is Tsion a girl's or a boy's name?
Tsion is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tsion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Tsion, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Tsion of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Tsion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Tsion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Tsion, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Tsion in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tsion in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Tsion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Aoife, Ocean, Orla, Fiadh, Rowan, Teagan, Caoimhe, Quinn, Maeve, Keira, Wren
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Tsion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tsion, updated 20 October 2026.