Iona is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Iona is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,667 for girl births in the United States (and #4,709 across all names), given to 65 babies. Iona was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (404 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | #2,667 | — |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 | #2,786 | #13,026 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | #2,994 | — |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | #2,416 | — |
| 2021 | 66 | 66 | #2,618 | — |
| 2020 | 52 | 52 | #3,074 | — |
| 2019 | 73 | 73 | #2,441 | — |
| 2018 | 68 | 68 | #2,571 | — |
| 2017 | 49 | 49 | #3,271 | — |
| 2016 | 59 | 59 | #2,878 | — |
| 2015 | 65 | 65 | #2,724 | — |
| 2014 | 59 | 59 | #2,901 | — |
| 2013 | 45 | 45 | #3,491 | — |
| 2012 | 42 | 42 | #3,741 | — |
| 2011 | 39 | 39 | #3,870 | — |
| 2010 | 44 | 44 | #3,591 | — |
| 2009 | 36 | 36 | #4,222 | — |
| 2008 | 35 | 35 | #4,941 | #13,292 |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | #4,506 | — |
| 2006 | 39 | 39 | #3,879 | — |
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | #4,753 | — |
| 2004 | 35 | 35 | #4,035 | — |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | #5,299 | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | #5,331 | — |
| 2001 | 33 | 33 | #3,894 | — |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | #4,578 | — |
| 1999 | 20 | 20 | #5,304 | — |
| 1998 | 17 | 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 | — |