Zion
- #2,017 for girls in 2025, 94 births
- #142 for boys in 2025, 2,496 births
- Given to boys 87.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 2,889 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 46,871since 1917
Zion over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 boys in 1917 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,017 | 94 | #142 | 2,496 |
| 2024 | #1,895 | 105 | #151 | 2,369 |
| 2023 | #1,595 | 131 | #125 | 2,889 |
| 2022 | #1,540 | 139 | #143 | 2,634 |
| 2021 | #1,432 | 150 | #136 | 2,769 |
| 2020 | #1,227 | 186 | #143 | 2,536 |
| 2019 | #1,164 | 205 | #153 | 2,551 |
| 2018 | #1,039 | 248 | #180 | 2,183 |
| 2017 | #923 | 287 | #199 | 1,978 |
| 2016 | #921 | 298 | #213 | 1,849 |
| 2015 | #892 | 309 | #227 | 1,694 |
| 2014 | #909 | 298 | #254 | 1,484 |
| 2013 | #820 | 328 | #236 | 1,531 |
| 2012 | #776 | 354 | #235 | 1,533 |
| 2011 | #612 | 472 | #245 | 1,456 |
| 2010 | #690 | 414 | #229 | 1,530 |
| 2009 | #734 | 394 | #240 | 1,473 |
| 2008 | #694 | 435 | #230 | 1,601 |
| 2007 | #575 | 524 | #234 | 1,553 |
| 2006 | #811 | 337 | #265 | 1,302 |
| 2005 | #985 | 248 | #293 | 1,120 |
| 2004 | #1,082 | 212 | #311 | 1,008 |
| 2003 | #1,439 | 137 | #329 | 879 |
| 2002 | #1,510 | 125 | #333 | 828 |
| 2001 | #1,340 | 143 | #324 | 867 |
| 2000 | #1,255 | 156 | #300 | 1,004 |
| 1999 | #1,164 | 167 | #274 | 1,070 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 | #694 | 242 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | #1,499 | 70 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | #1,599 | 61 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
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| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Zion! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Zion 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.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#56 · 1 in 208
- New Mexico#82 · 1 in 295
- Alaska#94 · 1 in 284
- Nevada#98 · 1 in 364
- Maryland#101 · 1 in 416
Best ever in a state: #24 in Hawaii, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #56 | 14 | 1 in 208 |
| New Mexico | #82 | 22 | 1 in 295 |
| Alaska | #94 | 8 | 1 in 284 |
| Nevada | #98 | 31 | 1 in 364 |
| Maryland | #101 | 55 | 1 in 416 |
| Vermont | #102 | 5 | 1 in 242 |
| Florida | #106 | 211 | 1 in 453 |
| Georgia | #109 | 107 | 1 in 469 |
| Rhode Island | #112 | 10 | 1 in 312 |
| Massachusetts | #115 | 63 | 1 in 429 |
| District of Columbia | #120 | 7 | 1 in 361 |
| Delaware | #126 | 8 | 1 in 368 |
| Louisiana | #127 | 39 | 1 in 491 |
| Pennsylvania | #127 | 100 | 1 in 523 |
| Arkansas | #130 | 27 | 1 in 466 |
| Michigan | #131 | 75 | 1 in 536 |
| New York | #131 | 145 | 1 in 582 |
| Arizona | #132 | 66 | 1 in 496 |
| Mississippi | #132 | 24 | 1 in 452 |
| Nebraska | #136 | 19 | 1 in 464 |
| Oregon | #141 | 29 | 1 in 519 |
| Washington | #143 | 57 | 1 in 575 |
| Colorado | #144 | 50 | 1 in 537 |
| Alabama | #145 | 39 | 1 in 552 |
| California | #145 | 263 | 1 in 667 |
| Oklahoma | #147 | 32 | 1 in 553 |
| Texas | #148 | 261 | 1 in 671 |
| Virginia | #153 | 59 | 1 in 631 |
| North Carolina | #154 | 84 | 1 in 613 |
| New Jersey | #155 | 64 | 1 in 621 |
| Connecticut | #157 | 22 | 1 in 600 |
| Ohio | #170 | 78 | 1 in 674 |
| Minnesota | #174 | 38 | 1 in 645 |
| Missouri | #177 | 40 | 1 in 695 |
| South Carolina | #178 | 31 | 1 in 684 |
| Illinois | #182 | 65 | 1 in 762 |
| Tennessee | #185 | 50 | 1 in 735 |
| Iowa | #187 | 22 | 1 in 629 |
| Kentucky | #187 | 30 | 1 in 685 |
| Kansas | #205 | 19 | 1 in 739 |
| Indiana | #206 | 40 | 1 in 792 |
| Utah | #214 | 24 | 1 in 819 |
| West Virginia | #227 | 8 | 1 in 770 |
| New Hampshire | #230 | 5 | 1 in 901 |
| Wisconsin | #231 | 26 | 1 in 901 |
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| South Dakota | #257 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| 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 Zion
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1 spot since 2020 (#143 → #142)
- Biggest jump: 805 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 26 spots in 2000
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 2023 at #125 (2,889 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 592
- Highest: 1 in 592 boys born in 2023 were named Zion (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 684 boys born in 2025 (0.15%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 38.0% of all boys named Zion (17,789) 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 | 6 | #3,545 (1917) | #3,545 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 57 | #2,946 (1974) | #4,119 |
| 1980s | 86 | #3,521 (1987) | #4,384 |
| 1990s | 1,605 | #274 (1999) | #2,201 |
| 2000s | 11,635 | #230 (2008) | #286 |
| 2010s | 17,789 | #153 (2019) | #217 |
| 2020s | 15,693 | #125 (2023) | #140 |
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.
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