Zion
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZY-on
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #143 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #142 for boys
Zion is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 143rd for boys in the UK (401 babies) and 142nd for boys in the US (2,496 babies).
What does Zion mean?
Hebrew: from the place name Tsiyyon
Originally a hill in Jerusalem, Zion came to stand for Jerusalem and the Jewish homeland; it is also central to Rastafari belief.
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Is Zion a girl's or a boy's name?
Zion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 401 boys in the UK and 94 girls and 2,496 boys in the US.
How popular is Zion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 143rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 401 about 1 in 750 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 401 boys in the UK were named Zion, making it the 143rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 199th. 23 girls were also named Zion in 2025 (1,416th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Zion of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Zion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 453 boys in the UK were given Zion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #140, up from #143 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 135th in England and Wales, 208th in Scotland and 253rd in Northern Ireland.
Zion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 401 | #143 |
| 2024 | 351 | #164 |
| 2023 | 366 | #162 |
| 2022 | 316 | #182 |
| 2021 | 282 | #209 |
| 2020 | 282 | #199 |
| 2019 | 218 | #256 |
| 2018 | 173 | #313 |
| 2017 | 162 | #343 |
| 2016 | 142 | #372 |
| 2015 | 88 | #502 |
| 2014 | 100 | #457 |
| 2013 | 92 | #477 |
| 2012 | 94 | #466 |
| 2011 | 65 | #587 |
| 2010 | 79 | #496 |
| 2009 | 61 | #597 |
| 2008 | 56 | #628 |
| 2007 | 52 | #634 |
| 2006 | 53 | #605 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 38 | #696 |
| 2003 | 24 | #900 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 27 | #728 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Zion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 142nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,496 about 1 in 680 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,496 boys in the US were named Zion, making it the 142nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 143rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 2,889 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917. 94 girls were also named Zion in 2025 (2,017th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Zion in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,067 boys in the US were given Zion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #142 for this spelling alone.
Zion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,496 | #142 |
| 2024 | 2,369 | #151 |
| 2023 | 2,889 | #125 |
| 2022 | 2,634 | #143 |
| 2021 | 2,769 | #136 |
| 2020 | 2,536 | #143 |
| 2019 | 2,551 | #153 |
| 2018 | 2,183 | #180 |
| 2017 | 1,978 | #199 |
| 2016 | 1,849 | #213 |
| 2015 | 1,694 | #227 |
| 2014 | 1,484 | #254 |
| 2013 | 1,531 | #236 |
| 2012 | 1,533 | #235 |
| 2011 | 1,456 | #245 |
| 2010 | 1,530 | #229 |
| 2009 | 1,473 | #240 |
| 2008 | 1,601 | #230 |
| 2007 | 1,553 | #234 |
| 2006 | 1,302 | #265 |
| 2005 | 1,120 | #293 |
| 2004 | 1,008 | #311 |
| 2003 | 879 | #329 |
| 2002 | 828 | #333 |
| 2001 | 867 | #324 |
| 2000 | 1,004 | #300 |
| 1999 | 1,070 | #274 |
| 1998 | 242 | #694 |
| 1997 | 70 | #1,496 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,596 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Names like Zion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Asher, Jaxon, Jonah, Grayson, Axel, Hudson, Yusuf, Jenson, Marley, Remy, Enzo, Cooper
Other spellings of Zion
Names related to Zion
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, “Zion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zion, updated 20 October 2026.