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Baby name

Zion

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13% girls / 87% boys

Origin of the name

Zion is the name of a hill of Jerusalem, and in the Bible a name for Jerusalem itself.

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Rising name

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Zion peaked in 2023, when 1 baby in 1,147 was given the name. The rise continues, up 40% on the previous ten years. In 2025, it ranked No. 142. 38% of all babies named Zion since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
46,871births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 125rank at its peak, in 2023

Where babies named Zion are born

2023

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The darker the blue, the more common Zion is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Zion is most common in Hawaii (3.7 times), District of Columbia (3.3) and Delaware (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Names from the same era

Griffin · Alonzo · Walker · Gael · Ismael · Milo

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1910s0%100%
1970s0%100%
1980s11%89%
1990s15%85%
2000s19%81%
2010s15%85%
2020s5%95%