Rion
Rion is given to both girls and boys: 6 girls and 27 boys were given it in 2025 (#14,568 among girls’ names and #4,017 among boys’, #7,529 among all names counting both); 1,825 Americans have been recorded with it since 1954 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,770 Americans named Rion and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 10 and 31.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rion by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rion mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rion is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rion?
#4,017 among boys’ names, 2025
Rion fell from #3,137 in 2015 to #4,017 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 19.3 to 15.8 per million.
73 babies in 2014, the peak
Rion peaked in 2014, when 73 babies were given it (44 boys, #2,739 among boys’ names). The 33 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 45% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,568 | 27 | #4,017 |
| 2024 | under 5 | 35 | #3,377 | |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,994 | 34 | #3,460 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,302 | 49 | #2,705 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,974 | 47 | #2,723 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,916 | 45 | #2,745 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,276 | 32 | #3,549 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,187 | 27 | #3,970 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,233 | 39 | #3,055 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,318 | 36 | #3,211 |
Every recorded year (60)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #18,568 | 37 | #3,137 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,875 | 44 | #2,739 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,915 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,978 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,985 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,677 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,430 | 43 | #2,834 |
| 2008 | 16 | #8,028 | 33 | #3,407 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,433 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2006 | 8 | #13,349 | 38 | #2,970 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,755 | 24 | #3,914 |
| 2004 | 14 | #8,133 | 33 | #3,055 |
| 2003 | 9 | #11,141 | 27 | #3,421 |
| 2002 | 10 | #10,077 | 38 | #2,588 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,174 | 29 | #3,120 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,491 | 33 | #2,787 |
| 1999 | 6 | #14,034 | 31 | #2,775 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,740 | 36 | #2,433 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 27 | #2,883 | |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,512 | 26 | #2,891 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 15 | #4,221 | |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,486 | 20 | #3,435 |
| 1993 | under 5 | 18 | #3,614 | |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,987 | 18 | #3,570 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 25 | #2,731 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 20 | #3,138 | |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,967 | 20 | #3,061 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 19 | #2,927 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 27 | #2,200 | |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,336 | 15 | #3,235 |
| 1985 | under 5 | 24 | #2,278 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 37 | #1,624 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 20 | #2,479 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 13 | #3,446 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 15 | #2,998 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 20 | #2,512 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 10 | #4,016 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 17 | #2,642 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 16 | #2,759 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 13 | #3,058 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 14 | #2,872 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 14 | #2,770 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 6 | #4,860 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 10 | #3,310 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 7 | #4,150 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 5 | #4,428 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,394 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 6 | #3,900 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 7 | #3,448 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 7 | #3,400 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Rion a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,825 Americans recorded as Rion, 17% are girls and 83% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Rion: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rion, and how old are they?
1,770 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 1,825 Americans ever recorded as Rion. The median Rion alive today is 19 years old; half are between 10 and 31.
The 2020 Census counted 1,468 people named Rion (292 women and girls, 1,176 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,524 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 17 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 119 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 344 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 669 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 624 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,011,195 babies since 1880, Rion is the seventh most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 33 of their 4,374 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
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 Rion
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 Rion and names like it
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