Arion

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Arion

Kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet

Choose Arion and your child shares a first name with Arion, a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Arion, like who?” Arion's Wikipedia article is available in 39 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 24,390 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Arion, 70 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Arion would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryArion first shows up in US birth records in 1918, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 107 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2014, when it reached #1,701.
• 🍂TrendArion has slipped 129 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,091. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Arion

Arion is a boy name of Greek and Hebrew origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-ion”. US birth records list Arion for boys from 1918 to 2025, in 60 of those 108 years. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked #1,701 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,091, with 70 babies.

Origin:Greek namesHebrew names