How Many People Are Named Dion?
people named Dion are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,594 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,164 babies named Dion in Social Security records from 1929 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
607 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of DIONYSIOS and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element ΞΞΉΞΏΟ (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS". This was the name of a 4th-century BC tyrant of Syracuse. It has been used as an American given name since the middle of the 20th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dion in English. Counting Dion and these spellings together, about 22,252 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dion, 6.4% were girls and 93.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1930s: 3.3% of the babies were girls then and 4.6% in the 2020s.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Dion alive today is about 38 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 53 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Dion first appears in the records in 1929 and was given most often in 1970, to 607 babies. In 2025, 161 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1929 to 2025
π Rank History
Dion has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #338, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #1,268.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,268 |
| Best rank | #338 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #386 in the 1970s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Dion alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dion were born in California than in any other state: about 2,115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dion was given 4.3 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.3 times in Michigan and 2.1 times in Maryland.
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