Zamarion
Masculine
Zamarion is a recent American name built on the -marion ending that Amarion, Demarion and Jamarion share, with a Z at the front that very few names have. It is long, rhythmic and read correctly at a glance.
How old is the name Zamarion?
Zamarion first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Zamarion alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,200 people named Zamarion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zamarion most popular?
Zamarion peaked in 2007, reaching #1811 nationally. Today it ranks #3181, 1,370 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Zamarion
Ours, offered as ours. The Z is doing the real work here. English has very few names that start with it, and a name that opens on a Z lands differently on a class list and in a room. Behind the letter is the -marion ending, which by the time Zamarion appeared was already worn in by a whole set of names and carried its own recognizable music. What you get is a name that is unmistakably of its moment and unmistakably its own, which is a good deal harder to build than it looks.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: an -arion ending that spread through American records in the 1990s and 2000s in Amarion, Demarion and Jamarion, and an initial Z that has been increasingly used to open new names in the same decades.
Pronouncing Zamarion
zuh-MAIR-ee-un
Four syllables with the stress on the second. Some families say ZAM-uh-ree-on.
Nicknames for Zamarion
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
- 2002
- Most boys named
- 200780 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1811reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- −5.1%37 in 2025, from 39
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.
Zamarion in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Tennessee, Alabama.
Zamarions among us
people named Zamarion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 46,164 born in 2025 was named Zamarion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Harwood test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zamarion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Harwood climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Harwood's path sketches the road Zamarion is walking now.
Zamarion 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 Zamarion is headed
Zamarion 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.
Zamarion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zamarion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The initial Z is rare enough to make the name distinct anywhere.
- Read correctly on sight by English speakers despite its length.
- Zam is a very short, strong informal form.
- Eight letters and four syllables is long for early handwriting and for forms.
- Zamarion, Zamarian and Zamarrion all appear, so the spelling will be asked for.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction from familiar parts.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zamarions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Zamarion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zamarion in 2025?
- Zamarion ranks #3181 among US boy names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zamarion?
- About 1 in every 46,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Zamarion — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zamarion with classmates?
- Zamarion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Zamarion
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Diamond#3181 · Walden#3181 · Tobin#3181 · Keion#3181 · Artem#3181 · Arsh#3181 · Kris#3181 · Esau#3181
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