Kion

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 127 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
127
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2133
11 babies

Kion by the numbers

In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Kion. In the US, 127 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Kion

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kion. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kinfamily member or relative5 in the US (2017)
  • Keon44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keion62 in the US (2017)
  • Kyon62 in the US (2017)
  • Kiyon33 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kion

Names that are said the same way as Kion, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kyanlittle dark one; a form of Kieran132 in the US (2017)
  • Kien16 in the US (2017)
  • Khyon3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khian6 in the US (2017)
  • Khion6 in the US (2017)
  • Khyan6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kion

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