Ion — #8390 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ion

The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Ion between 1928 and 2024, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ion currently holds the #8390 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ion performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ion shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ion in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 300 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.