Iona Girl
How popular is Iona?
#2,645 girl name in 2025
65 baby girls were named Iona in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
Iona popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,645 for girls (▲ 130 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,712 in 2015, #3,061 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (404 girls) |
| Highest rank | #317 in 1918 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Iona counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Iona family of names ranked #1,773 for girls in 2025 (#1,871 the year before), with 82 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Iona | 65 | 79% |
| Iyonna | 9 | 11% |
| Ionna | 8 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Iona is most popular
Babies named Iona per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Iona by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 224 | #377 |
| 1890s | 455 | #377 |
| 1900s | 838 | #343 |
| 1910s | 2,362 | #317 |
| 1920s | 3,151 | #338 |
| 1930s | 1,747 | #421 |
| 1940s | 887 | #704 |
| 1950s | 610 | #1,026 |
| 1960s | 290 | #1,806 |
| 1970s | 198 | #2,689 |
| 1980s | 139 | #3,686 |
| 1990s | 126 | #4,505 |
| 2000s | 305 | #3,853 |
| 2010s | 543 | #2,428 |
| 2020s | 376 | #2,404 |
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Questions
- Is Iona a boy or girl name?
- Iona is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Iona were girls.
- How popular is the name Iona?
- 65 baby girls were named Iona in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
- When was Iona most popular?
- Iona peaked in 1918, when 404 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #317 in 1918.
- How many people are named Iona?
- 12,261 babies have been named Iona in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,571 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
- Where is Iona most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Iona was most common in Washington, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.