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Tzion

#13,738 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Zion

Tzion has been given to 172 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #13,738 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Tzion, 2025

1 in 663,000

Tzion over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tzion: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Zion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tzion means

Tzion is a form of Zion.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Tzion is used in Hebrew.

Another recorded pronunciation is /t͡si.ˈon/ for Tzion.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zion.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 172 boys were recorded with the name Tzion between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2005; its best national rank was #7,066 in 2005.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,546 in 2015 to #13,738 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.

How common is Tzion?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,738
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tzion 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tzion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tzions were born

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

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
44.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
172
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Choose a decade

2000s — 44.8% of all recorded uses (77).

Is Tzion 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,192
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 2005 (11)
Years since peak
20
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,066
2005

Spellings of Tzion

Tzion is not the most common spelling — Tyson is, with 23.0% against Tzion's 0.08%.

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.

Tzion around the world

Where Tzion 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
    2017–2017
    #4,812
    in 2017

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Tzion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,738
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#7,066
2005
Peak year
2005
11 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
172
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Tzion

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

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Sibling names for Tzion

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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