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Boy's name · #142 in the US (2025) · Trending
96% boys · 4% girls — Zion is also given to girls: 94 in 2025, about 1 in 20 in recent years. Zion →
Zion first appeared in 1917, vanished from the records entirely for 55 years, and since returning in 1973 has climbed back to #142. About 47,000 boys have carried it in all.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Zion is especially popular in Philippines.
#9 in Philippines (2024) · #50 in New Zealand (2025) · #135 in England & Wales (2025) · #155 in Canada (2025) · #208 in Scotland (2025) · #239 in Netherlands (2025) · #241 in Sweden (2025) · #252 in Ireland (2025) · #253 in N. Ireland (2025) · #622 in Italy (2024) · #647 in Austria (2025) · #696 in Belgium (2025) and 5 more.
Among 97 notable people named Zion:
Sports figures appear 2.99× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zion Williamson, American basketball player (born 2000).
Similar names: Zyon · River · Shiloh · Beckett · Cohen · Jonah
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