How Many People Are Named Iona?
people named Iona are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 101,000 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,261 babies named Iona in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
404 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Iona (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Iona alive today is about 49 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 14 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Iona first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 404 babies. In 2025, 65 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Iona has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #318, in 1918. In 2025 it ranked #2,667.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,667 |
| Best rank | #318 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #383 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Iona alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Iona were born in California than in any other state: about 175 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Iona was given 2.8 times as often in Nebraska, 2.7 times in South Dakota and 2.6 times in Iowa.
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