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Kion

Masculine · “of the kings”

1975high 2017
#2604 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare50 boys in 2025

Kion may be the Persian Kian — kings, from a dynasty in the Shahnameh — or a modern American coinage.

How old is the name Kion?

Kion first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Kion is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Kion are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Kion most popular?

Kion peaked in 2017, reaching #1378 nationally. Today it ranks #2604, 1,226 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Kion

Our story of Kion is a story of a Persian dynasty and an American ending. The Kayanians are a legendary line of kings in the Shahnameh, and Kian means of that line — royal. American naming meanwhile built Keon, Kion and Deion on Ke- fronts through the 1980s. Kion appears in the registers in that period, and which route a family took is not recorded. The Persian is real; the descent is not documented.

Meaningscholars disagree

of the kings

May reflect the Persian Kian, from kayanian, the legendary dynasty of the Shahnameh, generally read as 'kings' or 'royal'. Or be a modern American coinage on the Ke- front. Neither is established for this spelling. The Persian is documented.

Pronouncing Kion

KEE-on

Two syllables, stress on the first. Persian Kian is kee-AHN with the stress at the end.

Nicknames for Kion

Moderate

KiThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
KianA near relation, and a name in its own right with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1975–20251286401285019752025

US babies named Kion per year from 1975 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#13781970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1975
Most boys named
2017128 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1378reached in 2017
Change vs 2024
+16.3%50 in 2025, from 43
Kion sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2017, with 128 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Kion in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • کیان in Persian — related form
  • Kian in English — related form
  • Keon in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.

Kions among us

1,300

people named Kion are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was named Kion

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Kion

#2604
Kion on the 2025 chart
#825
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kion went to 50 boys in 2025, but Kyon, Kiyon and Kyion are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 103, which makes it the 825th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,779 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 16,583 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,162 for Kion 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

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Is it right for you

The Thom test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Thom climbed just as high around 1948, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Thom's path sketches the road Kion is walking now.

40%chance Kion will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Kion, aligned on its peakThom· peak 1948not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsThom · #12155Kion today
Kion today is about where Thom stood in 1956 — 8 years past a #1378-sized peak. By 1971, Thom had settled around #3369.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Kion 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 Kion is headed

19752030

US babies named Kion per year, 1975 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Kion is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Cooling-16% by 2030projected around #3,042 in 2030

Low 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.

Kion beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Kion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Kionthis name50#2604Yahia50#2604Larson50#2604Mazin50#2604Rowe50#2604

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The royal reading is strong where the Persian route holds.
  • Kian is available as a near relation with a real record.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • No single origin is established.
  • Kian, Keon and Kion are all in circulation.
  • A 2016 animated series is a recent association.

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Frequently asked

How many Kions are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Kion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Kion?
Kion is the most-used spelling in US records — 50 of the 103 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kyon, Kiyon and Kyion.
How popular is the name Kion in 2025?
Kion ranks #2604 among US boy names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Kion?
About 1 in every 34,162 US boys born in 2025 was named Kion — 50 in all.
Will my child share the name Kion with classmates?
Kion will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Kion

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Yahia#2604 · Larson#2604 · Mazin#2604 · Rowe#2604 · Hendrik#2604 · Dayvon#2604 · Kipton#2604 · Finlay#2604

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