Ziyon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZY-on
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Ziyon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fortress, stronghold”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Ziyon mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zion, Hebrew Tsiyon
“fortress, stronghold”
Zion is the biblical name of a hill in Jerusalem, and came to stand for Jerusalem and the Promised Land.
Is Ziyon a girl's or a boy's name?
Ziyon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ziyon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Ziyon, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 453 boys in the UK were given Ziyon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #140, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ziyon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
How popular is Ziyon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Ziyon, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Ziyon in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,067 boys in the US were given Ziyon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #128, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 13% of the babies named Ziyon in the US in 2006, and 28% in 2016.
Ziyon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
Names like Ziyon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Yusuf, Yoan, Yunus, Loki, Yug, Yitzchok, Rumi, Ruairi, Yakov, Mika, Minh
Other spellings of Ziyon
Names related to Ziyon
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, “Ziyon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ziyon, updated 20 October 2026.