Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 172
- 134 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,580 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,580 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 300 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shion’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Shion is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 子温. In Japanese usage, Shion is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 紫苑. In Japanese usage, Shion is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 詩夢.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Shion
- Sion SonoJapanese filmmaker, author and poetborn 1961
- Shion WakayamaJapanese voice actressborn 1998
- Shion ShinkawaJapanese footballerborn 2007
- Shion InoueJapanese association football player (born 2000)
- Shion TsujiJapanese singerborn 1990
- Shion MatsuoJapanese baseball playerborn 2004
- Shion MiyawakiJapanese singerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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