Arion
Masculine · “A name from Greek myth”
Arion is given to both — 2,210 boys and 620 girls since 1880. See Arion as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Arion is a name from Greek myth, carried by a poet and by an immortal horse, and in modern times by a Russian poem about survival. It has three light syllables and leans to boys, with a real minority of girls.
How old is the name Arion?
Arion first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Arion alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 2,100 people named Arion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arion most popular?
Arion peaked in 2014, reaching #1701 nationally. Today it ranks #2091, 390 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Arion
In Greek legend Arion was an immortal horse, the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter, swift enough to outrun anything; when the Seven marched against Thebes and were destroyed, Arion carried King Adrastus away, the only one of the leaders to escape. In 1827 Alexander Pushkin wrote a short poem called 'Arion', in which a singer is the lone survivor of a shipwreck that drowns all his companions, and readers have long taken it as his veiled reflection on the crushed Decembrist rising. Arion is given mostly to boys in the American record, with a real minority of girls.
Meaning
A name from Greek myth
Arion is a Greek name whose meaning is not established; it is sometimes linked to areion, 'better, braver'.
Pronouncing Arion
AIR-ee-on
Three syllables with the stress on the first; some say uh-RY-on.
Nicknames for Arion
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most boys named
- 201489 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1701reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +29.6%70 in 2025, from 54
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Arion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Arion in Greek — same name
- Arion in Russian — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas.
Arions among us
people named Arion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 24,401 born in 2025 was named Arion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Arion
- #2091
- Arion on the 2025 chart
- #818
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Arion went to 70 boys in 2025, but Ariyon, Aarion and Aryon are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 110, which makes it the 818th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,273 places above the chart.
- Arion70
- Ariyon21
- Aarion13
- Aryon6
About 1 boy in 15,528 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 24,401 for Arion itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Izell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Arion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Izell climbed just as high around 1950, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Izell's path sketches the road Arion is walking now.
Arion sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Arion is headed
Arion should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Arion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Arion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A real name from Greek myth.
- Comes with Ari as a ready short form.
- Works for either child.
- People will hear Orion or Aaron.
- Two pronunciations are common; say which one early.
- Most children with this spelling are boys, but a real minority are girls; either may be taken for the other.
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Frequently asked
- How many Arions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Arion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Arion?
- Arion is the most-used spelling in US records — 70 of the 110 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ariyon, Aarion and Aryon.
- How popular is the name Arion in 2025?
- Arion ranks #2091 among US boy names in 2025, with 70 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Arion?
- About 1 in every 24,401 US boys born in 2025 was named Arion — 70 in all.
- Will my child share the name Arion with classmates?
- Arion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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