Ione

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births

Peak · girls
1917 · 360 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,004
since 1880

Ione over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ione has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #327, 1917girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,13315
2024#7,96713
2023#7,64014
2022—
2021#6,96716
2020#5,85020
2019#6,17619
2018#5,45423
2017#6,53118
2016#5,62223
2015#5,12726
2014#6,71318
2013#5,83422
2012#5,39825
2011#5,20726
2010#5,41425
2009#6,81119
2008#7,07318
2007#7,73316
2006#7,14217
2005#7,13816
2004#9,26411
2003#9,04811
2002#7,04515
2001—
2000#9,16310
1999#8,22311
1998#7,10413
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995#10,5147
1994#5,71316
1993#8,7199
1992—
1991—
1990#7,88010
1989#5,54515
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982#9,2376
1981#10,4115
1980—
1979#10,2105
1978—
1977—
1976—
1975#7,1737
1974#6,2588
1973—
1972#5,10910
1971#6,6197
1970#6,3627
1969#5,4568
1968#4,00012
1967#4,30010
1966#5,8096
1965#3,73312
1964#2,82520
1963#2,54323
1962#2,60522
1961#2,54323
1960#2,30726
1959#2,45822
1958#1,90833
1957#1,80836
1956#1,76036
1955#1,55643
1954#1,80133
1953#1,93128
1952#1,45444
1951#1,22457
1950#1,52437
1949#1,37645
1948#1,28551
1947#1,25552
1946#1,19252
1945#1,12249
1944#1,07253
1943#93570
1942#95068
1941#72495
1940#72991
1939#74085
1938#608127
1937#609122
1936#571132
1935#520152
1934#528150
1933#530144
1932#524156
1931#491172
1930#500178
1929#465203
1928#473210
1927#481210
1926#429257
1925#448238
1924#431263
1923#382303
1922#381291
1921#363335
1920#342367
1919#360314
1918#348356
1917#327360
1916#327344
1915#330326
1914#351226
1913#338204
1912#345178
1911#333142
1910#369111
1909#343109
1908#329116
1907#340105
1906#34989
1905#35489
1904#34390
1903#40063
1902#37074
1901#34678
1900#40268
1899#37161
1898#38964
1897#36665
1896#36364
1895#38453
1894#36459
1893#43638
1892#40643
1891#34055
1890#42536
1889#48626
1888#47028
1887#45924
1886#52818
1885#47020
1884#44920
1883#43519
1882#47515
1881#53910
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ione was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ione is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedNHWashington: #200 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,303 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #114 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 513 girlsNDMinnesota: #117 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 584 girlsMNIllinois: #351 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,099 girlsILWisconsin: #114 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 481 girlsWIMichigan: #227 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsMINew York: #488 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,172 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #80 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 298 girlsSDIowa: #155 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 863 girlsIAIndiana: #328 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,264 girlsINOhio: #335 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,149 girlsOHPennsylvania: #557 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,540 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #394 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,729 girlsCAUtah: #126 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 448 girlsUTColorado: #171 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsCONebraska: #186 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,047 girlsNEMissouri: #425 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,404 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedNMKansas: #202 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,214 girlsKSArkansas: #311 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,936 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #285 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,867 girlsOKLouisiana: #273 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,530 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedALGeorgia: #382 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,627 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedHITexas: #478 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,317 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ione, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#80 · 1 in 298
  2. Wisconsin#114 · 1 in 481
  3. North Dakota#114 · 1 in 513
  4. Minnesota#117 · 1 in 584
  5. Utah#126 · 1 in 448

Best ever in a state: #80 in South Dakota, 1915.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#80171 in 298
North Dakota#114131 in 513
Wisconsin#114441 in 481
Minnesota#117341 in 584
Utah#12691 in 448
Iowa#155221 in 863
Colorado#17161 in 1,011
Nebraska#186101 in 1,047
Washington#20061 in 1,303
Kansas#202111 in 1,214
Michigan#227161 in 1,739
Louisiana#273111 in 1,530
Oklahoma#28591 in 1,867
Arkansas#31181 in 1,936
Indiana#32871 in 3,264
Ohio#335111 in 4,149
Illinois#351131 in 4,099
Georgia#38281 in 3,627
California#39451 in 3,729
Missouri#42561 in 4,404
Texas#478131 in 3,317
New York#48891 in 10,172
Pennsylvania#55761 in 14,540
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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 Ione
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 834 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,133)
  • 1,283 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #7,133)
  • 2,006 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #7,133)
  • Biggest jump: 85 spots in 1891 (#425 → #340)
  • Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1942 (#724 → #950)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #327 (360 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,882
  • Highest: 1 in 2,882 girls born in 1908 were named Ione (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #327 in 1917, was only 1 in 3,004 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.8% of all girls named Ione (2,677) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s189#435 (1883)#489
1890s538#340 (1891)#384
1900s881#329 (1908)#358
1910s2,561#327 (1917)#343
1920s2,677#342 (1920)#420
1930s1,418#491 (1931)#562
1940s626#724 (1941)#1,064
1950s369#1,224 (1951)#1,742
1960s162#2,307 (1960)#3,612
1970s44#5,109 (1972)#6,955
1980s26#5,545 (1989)#8,398
1990s77#5,713 (1994)#9,218
2000s133#6,811 (2009)#7,824
2010s225#5,127 (2015)#5,748
2020s78#5,850 (2020)#7,111

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.

Ione in 1915

girls
#330
326 births · 1 in 3,018 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #330Ione326
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 3,018 of them was named Ione, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ione
  1. #327Frankie338
  2. #328Nadine337
  3. #329Connie336
  4. #330Ione326
  5. #331Molly325
  6. #332Corinne323
  7. #333Lessie321
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915 →