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How popular is the name Zion?

Births per year, rank history and how many Zions are alive today.

Zion (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 135th in 2025 with 374 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Zion you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Zions born in England and Wales are between 3 and 11, and there are at least 3,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Zion.

How many babies are named Zion each year?

0100200300200020201996: 41997: 41998: 91999: 202000: 262001: 282002: 182003: 242004: 362005: 432006: 512007: 492008: 552009: 592010: 782011: 602012: 922013: 872014: 972015: 882016: 1392017: 1622018: 1652019: 2112020: 2722021: 2732022: 3052023: 3542024: 3322025: 374actual

Where does Zion rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571997: ranked 2,3371998: ranked 1,3671999: ranked 8092000: ranked 6912001: ranked 6542002: ranked 9502003: ranked 8332004: ranked 6672005: ranked 6152006: ranked 5742007: ranked 6032008: ranked 5892009: ranked 5632010: ranked 4612011: ranked 5802012: ranked 4292013: ranked 4512014: ranked 4192015: ranked 4612016: ranked 3392017: ranked 3082018: ranked 2952019: ranked 2382020: ranked 1922021: ranked 1992022: ranked 1672023: ranked 1502024: ranked 1552025: ranked 135

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Zion most popular?

Zion peaked in 2025, when 374 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Zion?

At least 3,500 people named Zion born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Zion?

Most living Zions are between 3 and 11; the most common age is about 2.

Is Zion becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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