Tion — #11180 US boys' name
439 babies named Tion in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Tion was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Tion in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tion
The Social Security Administration has registered 439 babies named Tion between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tion currently holds the #11180 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tion performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tion shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tion 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 439 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.
Tion at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tion popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2006)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #11180 among boys.
439 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 20 births in a single year.
Tion popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 2000 (Tion as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tion accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 139 births that decade — 32% of Tion's all-time total
Tion decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 108 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tion's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Tion by state
Where Tion concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 439 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maryland 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maryland accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.