Zayon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAY-on
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Zayon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Zayon come from?
Modern: blend of Zay- with -on, or a variant of Zion
Is Zayon a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
Zayon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
How popular is Zayon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Zayon, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Zayon than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Zayon in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 282 boys in the US were given Zayon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #801, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Zayon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Nicknames for Zayon
- Zay 31 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Zayon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan, Zayaan, Zayn, Musa, Zion, Zayd, Zakariya, Rayyan, Ayaan, Muhammad, Zohan, Yahya
Other spellings of Zayon
Names related to Zayon
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Zayon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayon, updated 20 October 2026.