Meaning not yet researched.
Iona: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 65 in 2025. Its best rank was #318 in 1918.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #318 in 1918; #2,667 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Iona in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,667 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1918, at #318.
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Iona: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 65 girls in 2025. Peak: #318 in 1918 · most girls in one year: 404 (1918).
In 2025, 65 US girls were named Iona, making it the 2,667th most common girls’ name of the year, up 119 places from #2,786 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 61 girls named Iona in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #318, reached in 1918. That year also had the most girls given the name: 404. For comparison, it was #2,724 in 2015 and #1,095 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Iona in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 12,261 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 3,151 babies named Iona.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 625 US girls were named Iona; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 76. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,727 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Iona ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #1,725 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ina (34,139 babies since 1880), Iyana (5,285 babies since 1880), Euna (2,142 babies since 1880) and Iyonna (1,770 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eyona and Iyonah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Onnie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Eyona (16), Iyonah (16).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7 | #1,725 | — |
| California | 6 | #2,912 | #2,832 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,667 | — | — |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,786 | 5 | #13,026 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,994 | — | — |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,416 | — | — |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,618 | — | — |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,074 | — | — |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,441 | — | — |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,571 | — | — |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,271 | — | — |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,878 | — | — |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,724 | — | — |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,901 | — | — |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,491 | — | — |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,741 | — | — |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,870 | — | — |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,591 | — | — |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,222 | — | — |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,941 | 5 | #13,292 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,506 | — | — |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,879 | — | — |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,753 | — | — |
| 2004 | 35 | #4,035 | — | — |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,299 | — | — |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,331 | — | — |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,894 | — | — |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,578 | — | — |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,304 | — | — |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,894 | — | — |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,569 | — | — |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,392 | — | — |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,269 | — | — |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,099 | — | — |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,073 | — | — |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,306 | — | — |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,860 | — | — |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,582 | — | — |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,290 | — | — |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,411 | — | — |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,060 | — | — |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,044 | — | — |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,167 | — | — |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,812 | — | — |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,727 | — | — |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,786 | — | — |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,679 | — | — |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,812 | — | — |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,921 | — | — |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,548 | — | — |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,120 | — | — |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,725 | — | — |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,552 | — | — |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,243 | — | — |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,706 | — | — |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,444 | — | — |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,300 | — | — |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,881 | — | — |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,136 | — | — |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,225 | — | — |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,930 | — | — |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,792 | — | — |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,368 | — | — |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,082 | — | — |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,181 | — | — |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,131 | — | — |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,819 | — | — |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,864 | — | — |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,424 | — | — |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,595 | — | — |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,882 | — | — |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,388 | — | — |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,190 | — | — |
| 1954 | 68 | #1,216 | — | — |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,282 | — | — |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,164 | — | — |
| 1951 | 82 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1950 | 71 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,127 | — | — |
| 1948 | 75 | #1,014 | — | — |
| 1947 | 71 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 1946 | 95 | #849 | — | — |
| 1945 | 80 | #845 | — | — |
| 1944 | 94 | #787 | — | — |
| 1943 | 109 | #743 | — | — |
| 1942 | 112 | #704 | — | — |
| 1941 | 89 | #762 | — | — |
| 1940 | 97 | #710 | — | — |
| 1939 | 147 | #552 | — | — |
| 1938 | 128 | #605 | — | — |
| 1937 | 123 | #607 | — | — |
| 1936 | 162 | #515 | — | — |
| 1935 | 162 | #499 | — | — |
| 1934 | 178 | #480 | — | — |
| 1933 | 186 | #474 | — | — |
| 1932 | 194 | #474 | — | — |
| 1931 | 235 | #422 | — | — |
| 1930 | 232 | #443 | — | — |
| 1929 | 279 | #398 | — | — |
| 1928 | 275 | #409 | — | — |
| 1927 | 300 | #398 | — | — |
| 1926 | 263 | #423 | — | — |
| 1925 | 294 | #399 | — | — |
| 1924 | 332 | #374 | — | — |
| 1923 | 343 | #356 | — | — |
| 1922 | 331 | #364 | — | — |
| 1921 | 360 | #345 | — | — |
| 1920 | 374 | #338 | — | — |
| 1919 | 352 | #342 | — | — |
| 1918 | 404 | #318 | — | — |
| 1917 | 330 | #346 | — | — |
| 1916 | 320 | #344 | — | — |
| 1915 | 270 | #364 | — | — |
| 1914 | 164 | #415 | — | — |
| 1913 | 147 | #407 | — | — |
| 1912 | 141 | #390 | — | — |
| 1911 | 110 | #386 | — | — |
| 1910 | 124 | #356 | — | — |
| 1909 | 101 | #363 | — | — |
| 1908 | 101 | #358 | — | — |
| 1907 | 93 | #366 | — | — |
| 1906 | 83 | #375 | — | — |
| 1905 | 88 | #359 | — | — |
| 1904 | 90 | #344 | — | — |
| 1903 | 73 | #373 | — | — |
| 1902 | 62 | #395 | — | — |
| 1901 | 64 | #372 | — | — |
| 1900 | 83 | #370 | — | — |
| 1899 | 39 | #474 | — | — |
| 1898 | 52 | #428 | — | — |
| 1897 | 57 | #385 | — | — |
| 1896 | 56 | #378 | — | — |
| 1895 | 50 | #400 | — | — |
| 1894 | 48 | #404 | — | — |
| 1893 | 44 | #405 | — | — |
| 1892 | 44 | #403 | — | — |
| 1891 | 28 | #488 | — | — |
| 1890 | 37 | #418 | — | — |
| 1889 | 37 | #400 | — | — |
| 1888 | 31 | #444 | — | — |
| 1887 | 22 | #479 | — | — |
| 1886 | 18 | #532 | — | — |
| 1885 | 23 | #442 | — | — |
| 1884 | 17 | #510 | — | — |
| 1883 | 18 | #454 | — | — |
| 1882 | 22 | #379 | — | — |
| 1881 | 18 | #400 | — | — |
| 1880 | 18 | #395 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).