Savion
Masculine
Savion is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 4,988 boys against 17 girls since 1880.
Savion joins a Sav- front to the -ion ending, and it reached American naming through a tap dancer who reshaped the form in the 1990s.
How old is the name Savion?
Savion first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Savion alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 4,900 people named Savion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Savion most popular?
Savion peaked in 2002, reaching #568 nationally. Today it ranks #1708, 1,140 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Savion
Our story of Savion is a story of a name carried by one dancer. The -ion ending was already in circulation when Savion Glover began performing as a child in the 1980s; by the 1990s he had reworked tap into something percussive and serious and was the most visible dancer in America. The registers show the name rising through that decade. Its parts belong to a documented American pattern; its visibility belongs to one man.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. The -ion and -ian endings were highly productive in American naming from the 1970s, giving Davion, Javion and Savion. Occasional links to the Latin Savio, 'wise', are not documented for this compound. Honest sources record it as a modern coinage.
Pronouncing Savion
SAY-vee-un
Three syllables, stress on the first. Some bearers say suh-VY-un with the stress in the middle.
Nicknames for Savion
Moderate
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
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 2002387 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #568reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- +3.3%95 in 2025, from 92
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.
Savion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Savian in English — spelling variant
- Davion in English — related form
- Xavion in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Florida, Texas.
Savions among us
people named Savion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 17,980 born in 2025 was named Savion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Savion
- #1708
- Savion on the 2025 chart
- #823
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Savion went to 95 boys in 2025, but Savyion and Savyon are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 105, which makes it the 823rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 885 places above the chart.
- Savion95
- Savyion5
- Savyon5
About 1 boy in 16,267 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 17,980 for Savion 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 Timmie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Savion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Timmie climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Timmie's path sketches the road Savion is walking now.
Savion 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 Savion is headed
Savion should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Savion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Savion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Sav is a short, clean, immediately available form.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- It belongs to a real and well-documented period of American name-building.
- There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
- The stress placement splits between two readings.
- It is closely dated to the 1990s and 2000s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Savions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,900 people named Savion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Savion?
- Savion is the most-used spelling in US records — 95 of the 105 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Savyion and Savyon.
- How popular is the name Savion in 2025?
- Savion ranks #1708 among US boy names in 2025, with 95 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Savion?
- About 1 in every 17,980 US boys born in 2025 was named Savion — 95 in all.
- Will my child share the name Savion with classmates?
- Savion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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