Bion

Boys' name

Life

Bion has been given to 120 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1969, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Bion, 1988

1 in 528,000

Bion over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bion: meaning, origin, and history

Life

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bion means

Bion means “life”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Bion is used in Ancient Greek.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 120 boys were recorded with the name Bion between 1915 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1969; its best national rank was #2,562 in 1969.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Bion?

Bion had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1988, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1988: 1 in 528,000; 7 of 3,694,212 births
Among boys only: 1 in 273,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1988: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 365,806 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bion 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 1988 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 365,806 children born in 1988 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bion was born before 1941 — so the typical Bion is around 84 today.

Median birth year: 1941; About 84 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 28.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 25.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 41; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 28.3% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Bion 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1969 (12)
Years since peak: 56; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,562; 1969

Spellings of Bion

Bion is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 41.1% against Bion's <0.01%.

Brian41.1%1,173,735
Ian9.0%257,664
Leon6.4%182,638
Jon5.9%168,142
Don5.9%167,632
Bill5.6%160,474
Bob3.3%92,986
Ben3.0%85,349

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.

Bion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,562; 1969
Peak year: 1969; 12 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1988
All-time count: 120
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bion

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

Shion Gion Kvion Jion Kaion Tzion Tion Lion Cion Syion Xyion Eion Kyion Tyvion Elion Zyrion Kyrion Vision Azion Ion Aceion Karion Aion Ayvion

Sibling names for Bion

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

For a sister

Shannan Marnie Charla Richelle Nichelle Aretha Nicolle Janeen

For a brother

Jacques Judd Douglass Alfonzo Kraig Kelley Edwardo Scot

Explore around Bion

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