Ion

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ion: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ion: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #393, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#393highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2636
2007	#4333
2009	#3744
2010	#4678
2011	#3300
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#4023
2017	#1703
2018	#1875
2019	#1506
2020	#2076
2021	#1782
2022	#2320
2023	#4107
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2002: #393 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2636 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #2636 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ion by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ion in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010s	62	8 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ion appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #393 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Ion's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #393, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 2002.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jeannette · #393, 13y
Martins · #393, 15y
Toluwalase · #393, 19y
Wen · #393, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Martins · #393, 15y
Victory · #393, 23y
Arijus · #392, 17y
Cason · #392, 17y

Ion was ranked #393 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ion and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ion without appearing here.

Ion moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1703 and #4812.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1703 and #4812.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4023 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1875 and #4749.
Madison Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1875 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Ion

Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #3523.

Moved the same way as Ion

Garry Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ion went from #2636 to #4107 and Garry from #1077 to #4991.
Aksel Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ion went from #4333 to #2263 and Aksel from #3589 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ion went from #4333 to #2263 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.
Braxton Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ion went from #4678 to #2263 and Braxton from #4678 to #2088.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #393 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ion

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Ion by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ion at a glance

Ion by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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