Dion
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #1,267 for boys in 2025, 155 births
Given to boys 93.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 533 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,914since 1929
Dion over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #1,267 | 155 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #1,119 | 191 |
| 2023 | — | #1,073 | 201 | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #902 | 257 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #1,067 | 200 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #950 | 231 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #1,209 | 158 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #1,364 | 129 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #1,256 | 145 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #1,266 | 144 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #1,283 | 139 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #1,153 | 164 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #1,135 | 160 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #1,151 | 159 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #1,229 | 142 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #1,068 | 180 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #1,095 | 169 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,100 | 167 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,002 | 193 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #994 | 186 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #967 | 180 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #849 | 209 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #857 | 201 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #832 | 200 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #773 | 221 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #710 | 247 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #637 | 277 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #665 | 257 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | #614 | 285 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #560 | 329 |
| 1995 | — | #555 | 335 | |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #542 | 357 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #519 | 387 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #529 | 366 |
| 1991 | — | #589 | 298 | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #526 | 351 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #519 | 341 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #574 | 258 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #554 | 269 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #597 | 222 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #554 | 252 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #547 | 252 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #535 | 245 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | #579 | 220 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #521 | 260 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #514 | 272 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #466 | 311 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #405 | 364 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #406 | 371 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | #399 | 377 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | #363 | 455 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 | #389 | 396 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #378 | 411 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | #386 | 416 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | #362 | 497 |
| 1970 | #1,719 | 53 | #343 | 554 |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 | #338 | 533 |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | #360 | 465 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | #404 | 360 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 | #418 | 330 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | #461 | 284 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | #478 | 273 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | #449 | 313 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #485 | 265 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #520 | 233 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #567 | 189 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #677 | 127 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #522 | 217 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #928 | 66 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #1,480 | 26 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,657 | 20 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | — | #1,881 | 16 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1938 | — | #883 | 50 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dion! It came in at #3,559, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1930, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Dion is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#246 · 1 in 2,240
- New Mexico#251 · 1 in 1,454
- Wisconsin#284 · 1 in 3,009
- Maryland#316 · 1 in 2,917
- Illinois#328 · 1 in 2,630
Best ever in a state: #112 in North Dakota, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #246 | 31 | 1 in 2,240 |
| New Mexico | #251 | 8 | 1 in 1,454 |
| Wisconsin | #284 | 11 | 1 in 3,009 |
| Maryland | #316 | 11 | 1 in 2,917 |
| Illinois | #328 | 33 | 1 in 2,630 |
| Ohio | #345 | 19 | 1 in 4,111 |
| Connecticut | #370 | 5 | 1 in 4,430 |
| Kentucky | #371 | 5 | 1 in 4,891 |
| Georgia | #391 | 14 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Colorado | #395 | 6 | 1 in 4,031 |
| District of Columbia | #407 | 7 | 1 in 1,877 |
| Virginia | #426 | 9 | 1 in 4,651 |
| Pennsylvania | #450 | 13 | 1 in 6,262 |
| New Jersey | #473 | 10 | 1 in 5,508 |
| Louisiana | #479 | 8 | 1 in 3,989 |
| New York | #526 | 23 | 1 in 5,865 |
| Indiana | #528 | 5 | 1 in 7,923 |
| Missouri | #532 | 5 | 1 in 7,549 |
| North Carolina | #543 | 7 | 1 in 6,607 |
| California | #546 | 42 | 1 in 6,397 |
| Arizona | #549 | 5 | 1 in 6,058 |
| Florida | #572 | 14 | 1 in 6,380 |
| Texas | #768 | 14 | 1 in 10,579 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dion
- 148 spots since 2024 (#1,119 → #1,267)
- 317 spots since 2020 (#950 → #1,267)
- 16 spots since 2015 (#1,283 → #1,267)
- Biggest jump: 1,314 spots in 1938 (#2,197 → #883)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 2023 (#902 → #1,073)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1969 at #338 (533 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1957–2006
- Highest: 1 in 3,354 boys born in 1970 were named Dion (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,020 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #338 in 1969, was only 1 in 3,355 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.0% of all boys named Dion (4,152) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,559 (1929) | #3,559 |
| 1930s | 174 | #883 (1938) | #2,181 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,311 (1944) | #1,627 |
| 1950s | 575 | #522 (1958) | #1,319 |
| 1960s | 3,245 | #338 (1969) | #448 |
| 1970s | 4,152 | #343 (1970) | #390 |
| 1980s | 2,591 | #514 (1980) | #549 |
| 1990s | 3,242 | #519 (1993) | #574 |
| 2000s | 1,973 | #710 (2000) | #918 |
| 2010s | 1,520 | #1,068 (2010) | #1,211 |
| 2020s | 1,235 | #902 (2022) | #1,063 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dion in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 87,788 of them was named Dion, which outranked 70.0% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,248Yaneth22
- #4,248Yanina22
- #4,248Yezenia22
- #4,358Dion21
- #4,358Adelaida21
- #4,358Aeriel21
- #4,358Aishah21
- #4,522Adrea20
- #4,522Aleece20
- #4,522Aleia20
Tied with 163 names at #4,358; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 5,868 of them was named Dion, which outranked 94.4% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).