Iona
- #2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 404 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,251since 1880
Iona over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Iona has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,645 | 65 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #2,975 | 56 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,404 | 76 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,061 | 52 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,428 | 73 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,557 | 68 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,866 | 59 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,712 | 65 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,888 | 59 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,572 | 44 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,196 | 36 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,854 | 39 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,417 | 57 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,588 | 45 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,186 | 71 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,213 | 68 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,027 | 82 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,090 | 71 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,012 | 75 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,055 | 71 | — | |
| 1946 | #849 | 95 | — | |
| 1945 | #842 | 80 | — | |
| 1944 | #787 | 94 | — | |
| 1943 | #742 | 109 | — | |
| 1942 | #704 | 112 | — | |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 | — | |
| 1940 | #706 | 97 | — | |
| 1939 | #551 | 147 | — | |
| 1938 | #604 | 128 | — | |
| 1937 | #606 | 123 | — | |
| 1936 | #515 | 162 | — | |
| 1935 | #499 | 162 | — | |
| 1934 | #480 | 178 | — | |
| 1933 | #474 | 186 | — | |
| 1932 | #474 | 194 | — | |
| 1931 | #421 | 235 | — | |
| 1930 | #442 | 232 | — | |
| 1929 | #398 | 279 | — | |
| 1928 | #409 | 275 | — | |
| 1927 | #398 | 300 | — | |
| 1926 | #422 | 263 | — | |
| 1925 | #399 | 294 | — | |
| 1924 | #374 | 332 | — | |
| 1923 | #356 | 343 | — | |
| 1922 | #364 | 331 | — | |
| 1921 | #345 | 360 | — | |
| 1920 | #338 | 374 | — | |
| 1919 | #342 | 352 | — | |
| 1918 | #317 | 404 | — | |
| 1917 | #346 | 330 | — | |
| 1916 | #344 | 320 | — | |
| 1915 | #364 | 270 | — | |
| 1914 | #414 | 164 | — | |
| 1913 | #405 | 147 | — | |
| 1912 | #389 | 141 | — | |
| 1911 | #385 | 110 | — | |
| 1910 | #356 | 124 | — | |
| 1909 | #361 | 101 | — | |
| 1908 | #358 | 101 | — | |
| 1907 | #366 | 93 | — | |
| 1906 | #375 | 83 | — | |
| 1905 | #357 | 88 | — | |
| 1904 | #343 | 90 | — | |
| 1903 | #373 | 73 | — | |
| 1902 | #395 | 62 | — | |
| 1901 | #372 | 64 | — | |
| 1900 | #370 | 83 | — | |
| 1899 | #467 | 39 | — | |
| 1898 | #427 | 52 | — | |
| 1897 | #382 | 57 | — | |
| 1896 | #377 | 56 | — | |
| 1895 | #397 | 50 | — | |
| 1894 | #404 | 48 | — | |
| 1893 | #404 | 44 | — | |
| 1892 | #401 | 44 | — | |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 | — | |
| 1890 | #412 | 37 | — | |
| 1889 | #398 | 37 | — | |
| 1888 | #443 | 31 | — | |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 | — | |
| 1886 | #528 | 18 | — | |
| 1885 | #438 | 23 | — | |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 | — | |
| 1883 | #451 | 18 | — | |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 | — | |
| 1881 | #393 | 18 | — | |
| 1880 | #388 | 18 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Iona was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Iona is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New York#1,654 · 1 in 11,190
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #99 in Wyoming, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Iona
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 416 spots since 2020 (#3,061 → #2,645)
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1900
- Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1947
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1918 at #317 (404 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,865
- Highest: 1 in 2,865 girls born in 1918 were named Iona (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 25.7% of all girls named Iona (3,151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 224 | #377 (1882) | #439 |
| 1890s | 455 | #377 (1896) | #415 |
| 1900s | 838 | #343 (1904) | #367 |
| 1910s | 2,362 | #317 (1918) | #366 |
| 1920s | 3,151 | #338 (1920) | #380 |
| 1930s | 1,747 | #421 (1931) | #507 |
| 1940s | 887 | #704 (1942) | #857 |
| 1950s | 610 | #1,027 (1951) | #1,320 |
| 1960s | 290 | #1,807 (1961) | #2,331 |
| 1970s | 198 | #2,689 (1973) | #3,504 |
| 1980s | 139 | #3,687 (1983) | #5,373 |
| 1990s | 126 | #4,508 (1997) | #7,770 |
| 2000s | 305 | #3,854 (2006) | #4,498 |
| 2010s | 543 | #2,428 (2019) | #3,129 |
| 2020s | 376 | #2,404 (2022) | #2,745 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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