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Tzion

Gender
Boy
Say it
tsee-OHN
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#12,003 for boys

Tzion is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Tzion mean?

Hebrew: transliteration of Hebrew Tsiyon, the usual English form being Zion

Transliteration of Hebrew Tsiyon, the biblical name of a hill in Jerusalem, later a name for Jerusalem and the Land of Israel.

Is Tzion a girl's or a boy's name?

Tzion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tzion in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Tzion, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.

Half of all the boys named Tzion in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1999Busiest: 11 in 20052025
Tzion in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20240–
20230–
20225#12,322
20216#10,794
20200–
20195#12,138
20188#8,813
201711#7,091
20166#10,739
20157#9,562
20145#12,102
20139#8,113
201210#7,553
20119#8,072
20100–
20096#10,989
20087#9,864
20079#8,169
20067#9,579
200511#6,628
20046#9,941
20038#7,824
20028#7,636
20019#6,928
20006#9,104
19999#6,524

Names like Tzion

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Tzion

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Sources

Figures from 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, “Tzion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tzion, updated 20 October 2026.