Boys' name · since 1999
Tzion
172 babies named Tzion in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,895 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,755 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tzion is the #12755 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 172 recorded since 1999.
Tzion has 172 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12755 as of the latest data, more common than 8% 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 1999 to 2025.
- #13,895 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,755 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 172 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tzion ranks #13,895 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,755 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 172 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,895 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,755 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tzion's 172 recorded births place it above 69.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tzion compares
172 35th 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
Tzion's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tzion | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 172 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tzion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tzion's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tzion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Tzion by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (77 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Tzion's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Tzion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 77 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tzion's data
- Tzion's decade-level peak was the 2000s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Tzion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Tzion 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.