Sion
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
- Given to boys 90.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 798since 1912
Sion over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #2,941 | 42 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #3,605 | 31 |
| 2023 | — | #2,895 | 43 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #2,919 | 43 |
| 2021 | — | #3,427 | 33 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,074 | 37 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,103 | 38 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,014 | 25 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,530 | 30 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,792 | 27 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,366 | 22 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | — | #3,410 | 25 | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Sion! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sion is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Sion
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 133 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #2,941)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1912 at #2,544 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1913, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39,781
- Highest: 1 in 39,781 boys born in 2023 were named Sion (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,544 in 1912, was only 1 in 85,988 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 30.2% of all boys named Sion (241) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #2,544 (1912) | #2,544 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,151 (1928) | #4,181 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,941 (1975) | #4,621 |
| 1980s | 24 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,954 |
| 1990s | 56 | #4,537 (1994) | #6,952 |
| 2000s | 187 | #3,410 (2001) | #4,645 |
| 2010s | 241 | #3,103 (2019) | #4,268 |
| 2020s | 229 | #2,895 (2023) | #3,144 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Sion ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: