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Arion

#2,092 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

From Ancient Greek Ἀρῑ́ων; literal meaning unconfirmed

Arion has been given to 2,830 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #2,092 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 89 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Arion, 2025

1 in 47,400

Arion over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arion over time

In 2025, Arion went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19182025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arion: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Ἀρῑ́ων; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arion means

Arion is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Arion is used in Latin.

Arion comes through Ancient Greek Ἀρῑ́ων.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Arion is pronounced [aˈriː.oːn].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,210 boys were recorded with the name Arion between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 89 in 2014; its best national rank was #1,702 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,966 in 2020 to #2,092 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,805 in 2015 to #2,092 in 2025.

In the United States, 620 girls were recorded with the name Arion between 1982 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 71 in 1998; its best national rank was #2,063 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arion?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 47,400
70 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 24,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,092
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
32,828 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arion sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 32,828 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arion was born before 2009 — so the typical Arion is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
75.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,178
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.2% of all recorded uses (733).

Is Arion rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+413
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−126
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−287
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.84×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
78.7%
Peak was 2014 (89)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,702
2014

Spellings of Arion

Arion is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 36.0% against Arion's 0.07%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Arion is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Arion was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 38,391 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 16,667
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 50,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 50,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 100,000
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
  8. 8New Jersey1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Arion is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arion was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,021,944 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Louisiana1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6Ohio1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arion around the world

Where Arion ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #2,133
    in 2025
  • France
    2009–2025
    #6,233
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2012–2021
    #1,987
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1977–2007
    #437
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Arion

People whose public names include Arion, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Arion by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,092
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 126
Best rank ever
#1,702
2014
Peak year
2014
89 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,210
Count in 2025
70

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,063
1998
Peak year
1998
71 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
620
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Arion

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Arion

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Arion, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Arion

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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