Dion
Dion was given to 155 boys in 2025, #1,268 among boys’ names; 20,164 Americans have been recorded with it since 1929 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,300 Americans named Dion and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 40 years old and half are between 25 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dion by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dion mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dion is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.”
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δίων (Díōn). Also a medieval English and French diminutive of Dionysius (Dennis).
/ˈdiːɑn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dion?
#1,268 among boys’ names, 2025
Dion rose from #1,284 in 2015 to #1,268 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 72.5 to 90.7 per million.
607 babies in 1970, the peak
Dion peaked in 1970, when 607 babies were given it (554 boys, #344 among boys’ names). The 161 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 27% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155 | #1,268 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 191 | #1,120 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 201 | #1,076 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 257 | #902 | 0.15 |
| 2021 | 200 | #1,067 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 231 | #952 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 158 | #1,212 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 129 | #1,367 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 145 | #1,257 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,268 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (97)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 139 | #1,284 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 164 | #1,154 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,135 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 159 | #1,153 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 142 | #1,231 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,074 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 169 | #1,095 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 167 | #1,101 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 193 | #1,004 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 186 | #995 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 180 | #969 | 0.09 |
| 2004 | 209 | #848 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 201 | #857 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 200 | #832 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 221 | #772 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 247 | #709 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 277 | #636 | 0.14 |
| 1998 | 257 | #665 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 285 | #615 | 0.15 |
| 1996 | 329 | #560 | 0.17 |
| 1995 | 335 | #555 | 0.18 |
| 1994 | 357 | #541 | 0.18 |
| 1993 | 387 | #519 | 0.20 |
| 1992 | 366 | #530 | 0.18 |
| 1991 | 298 | #587 | 0.15 |
| 1990 | 351 | #525 | 0.17 |
| 1989 | 341 | #519 | 0.17 |
| 1988 | 258 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1987 | 269 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 222 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1985 | 252 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1984 | 252 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1983 | 245 | #535 | 0.14 |
| 1982 | 220 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 260 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1980 | 272 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 311 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1978 | 364 | #405 | 0.22 |
| 1977 | 371 | #406 | 0.23 |
| 1976 | 377 | #399 | 0.24 |
| 1975 | 455 | #363 | 0.29 |
| 1974 | 396 | #390 | 0.25 |
| 1973 | 411 | #379 | 0.26 |
| 1972 | 416 | #386 | 0.26 |
| 1971 | 497 | #362 | 0.28 |
| 1970 | 554 | #344 | 0.30 |
| 1969 | 533 | #338 | 0.30 |
| 1968 | 465 | #360 | 0.27 |
| 1967 | 360 | #404 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 330 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1965 | 284 | #461 | 0.15 |
| 1964 | 273 | #479 | 0.14 |
| 1963 | 313 | #449 | 0.15 |
| 1962 | 265 | #485 | 0.13 |
| 1961 | 233 | #520 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 189 | #567 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 127 | #678 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 217 | #521 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 66 | #929 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,653 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,464 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,470 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,485 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,817 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,561 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,666 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,883 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,895 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,400 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,414 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,457 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,717 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,887 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,424 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,012 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 50 | #888 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,236 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,951 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,956 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,799 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,221 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,909 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,136 | under 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,656 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Dion a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 20,164 Americans recorded as Dion, 6% are girls and 94% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls and 155 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dion: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dion, and how old are they?
18,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 20,164 Americans ever recorded as Dion. The median Dion alive today is 40 years old; half are between 25 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 14,902 people named Dion (1,131 women and girls, 13,771 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 17,572 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 79 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,570 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,740 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,410 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,390 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dion born?
The states with the most babies named Dion are California, Illinois and New York, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,318 | #1,260 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,517 | #1,342 | 1.5× |
| New York | 1,370 | #808 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 1,355 | #855 | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 1,058 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 740 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 740 | #1,584 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 663 | #1,512 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 563 | #785 | 0.9× |
| Maryland | 505 | #731 | 1.5× |
Where Dion is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dion is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1929 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dion with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 20,803 babies since 1880, Dion is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 161 of their 203 babies (79%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dion
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dion and names like it
- Compare Dion and DiyanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sDion peaked in 1970.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dion since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Dion: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Dion.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Dion alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.