Boys' name · since 2004
Scion
27 babies named Scion in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,361 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Scion is the #11361 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 27 recorded since 2004.
Scion has 27 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11361 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #26,780 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,361 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Scion ranks #26,780 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,361 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,361 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Scion's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Scion compares
27 10th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Scion's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Scion | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Scion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Scion splits its recorded history at 2009: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Scion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Scion by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (15 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Scion's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Scion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 15 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Scion's data
- Scion's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Scion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Scion draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.