Iona
Iona was the 2667th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 65 babies. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 318th with 404 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 57 places. More babies were named Iona in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,667 girls, up 407 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 65girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1918404 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,261babies recorded
Iona popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 2008.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,667 | 65 |
| 2020 | #3,074 | 52 |
| 2010 | #3,591 | 44 |
| 2000 | #4,578 | 26 |
| 1990 | #9,582 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,812 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,881 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,864 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,095 | 71 |
| 1940 | #710 | 97 |
| 1930 | #443 | 232 |
| 1920 | #338 | 374 |
| 1910 | #356 | 124 |
| 1900 | #370 | 83 |
| 1890 | #418 | 37 |
| 1880 | #395 | 18 |
How popular is Iona, counting every spelling?
Iona is the most common spelling of a name family that had 73 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 73 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iona | 65 | #2,667 | 324 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Iona?
65 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Iona (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Iona born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 129 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Iona.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Iona?
About 3,300 people born in the US named Iona are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 14 and 78. That makes Iona mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Iona by state
How common Iona was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Iona: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Iona, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Iona
How popular is the name Iona?
Iona was the 2667th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 65 babies. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 318th with 404 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 57 places. More babies were named Iona in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Iona a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Iona in the US.
Where is Iona most popular?
In 2021–2025, Iona was most common in Washington (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and California.