Rion

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 23 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
23
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1226
23 babies

Rion by the numbers

In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Rion. In the US, 51 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 England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rion

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 Rion. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rioriver305 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rianlittle king or kingly140 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ronexalted father; a form of Ronald10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rixonson of rick; kingdom power5 in the US (2017)
  • Riot62 in the US (2017)
  • Ryon20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rion

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

  • Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
  • Rihaanswift moving or divine gift71 in the US (2017)
  • Rihansweet basil10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ryane18 in the US (2017)
  • Ryin11 in the US (2017)
  • Riane5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rion

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