Shion
Shion is a Japanese given name, and may refer to:
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Shion
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shion is a Japanese given name, and may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Shion
As a girl name
Shion first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1999, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 7 births, good for #13,831 nationwide. About 84% of every Shion on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Shion last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 38 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shion first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1999, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 12 births, good for #6,619 nationwide. About 49% of every Shion on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Shion last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 126 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shion
Shion is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 126 births in the dataset. Shion's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #6,619. Use the chart and map above to compare Shion's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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