Iona
Iona is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 61 births. Its best rank was 318th, in 1918.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 610.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1918404 births
- Best rank
- #318in 1918
- Since 1880
- 12,186people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,186 girls have been named Iona in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 404 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Iona | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 224 | |
| 1890s | 455 | |
| 1900s | 838 | |
| 1910s | 2,362 | |
| 1920s | 3,151 | |
| 1930s | 1,747 | |
| 1940s | 887 | |
| 1950s | 610 | |
| 1960s | 290 | |
| 1970s | 198 | |
| 1980s | 139 | |
| 1990s | 126 | |
| 2000s | 305 | |
| 2010s | 543 | |
| 2020s | 311 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Iona was the 318th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Iona
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosellapeak 1924
- Eunicepeak 1921
- Eldapeak 1916
- Eldorapeak 1923
- Leonapeak 1918
- Elnorapeak 1924
- Vernapeak 1918
- Ionepeak 1920
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.