Is Arion a boy or girl name?

Arion is a unisex name. Of the 2,830 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 21.9% were girls and 78.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2000, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Arion

Recorded 1918–2025 · United States

Arion was most popular in 1998, when 104 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,730 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,466, with 70 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,830 people named Arion.

Arion over time

Births per year. The dot marks Arion’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Arion a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Arion is a unisex name — 21.9% of the 2,830 Americans given it were girls and 78.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2000 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Arion

Where Arion is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org