Zion

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Primarily a boy's name · 90% boys

Meaning

Zion is a given name and surname derived from the ancient Canaanite hill fortress in Jerusalem called the City of David. It is less commonly spelled Sion, Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyon, Seyon, or Tsiyyon. In Hebrew Zion is one of the 70 Names of Jerusalem.

From Wikipedia

Zion first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 139 babies (rank #340 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Zion

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Zion yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,181
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
139
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19964#2,860
19974#2,857
19989#1,483
199920#839
200026#709
200128#666
200218#992
200324#864
200436#677
200543#627
200651#581
200749#616
200855#592
200959#569
201078#465
201160#587
201292#433
201387#457
201497#422
201588#464
2016139#340