Ione

Where Ione comes from

The dictionaries list Ione as a given name — a city in Amador County, California, United States — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #580 among girls — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1917
    Peak, #327
    360 babies named Ione — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1930
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #500.
  4. 1970
    Ione Skye born
    British-born American actress
  5. 1987
    Ione Belarra born
    Spanish politician
In the dictionary
  • A city in Amador County, California, United States.
Namesakes
  • Ione Skye · British-born American actress, born 1970
  • Ione Belarra · Spanish politician, born 1987
  • Ione Cabrera · Spanish footballer, born 1985
  • Ione Borges · Brazilian television presenter, 1951–2025
  • Ione Dorronsoro · born 1939

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.