first name
ZION
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,865 people named Zion, 65.2% reported their origin as Black, 12.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.5% as White. 82.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Zion peaked in 2023, when 3,020 babies got the name.
At least 53,897 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Zion by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #243. The largest share of babies named Zion, 58.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Zion is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zion has been most common in Hawaii (2.8×), Nevada (2.8×), and Florida (2.6×), and least common in North Dakota (0.17×).
51,639 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Zion
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zion, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zion ranks #20,326 of 156,621, with 1,322 people. See Zion as a last name
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