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Rion

#4,017 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Rion has been given to 1,825 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #4,017 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 49 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.

Babies named Rion, 2025

1 in 123,000

Rion over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Rion went to 18% girls and 82% boys.

19542025

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.

Rion: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rion means

Rion is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Rion is used in English and Albanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,506 boys were recorded with the name Rion between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 49 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,624 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,745 in 2020 to #4,017 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,137 in 2015 to #4,017 in 2025.

In the United States, 319 girls were recorded with the name Rion between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2014; its best national rank was #4,875 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,916 in 2020 to #14,568 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,568 in 2015 to #14,568 in 2025.

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 Rion?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 123,000
27 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 63,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,017
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
85,108 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rion 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rion was born before 2005 — so the typical Rion is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
23.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,506
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 23.2% of all recorded uses (350).

Is Rion 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
−640
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,272
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−880
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.73×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
55.1%
Peak was 2022 (49)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,624
1984

Spellings of Rion

Rion is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 28.5% against Rion's 0.04%.

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 Rion is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Rion was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 378,486 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Ohio1 in —

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. Rion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Rion is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rion was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 905,058 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 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. Rion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rion around the world

Where Rion 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
    #1,226
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2020–2023
    #395
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2005–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2025
    #4,879
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1990–1990
    #484
    in 1990

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

Rion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,017
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,272
Best rank ever
#1,624
1984
Peak year
2022
49 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,506
Count in 2025
27

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,568
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,652
Best rank ever
#4,875
2014
Peak year
2014
29 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
319
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Rion

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

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Sibling names for Rion

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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