Iona

Girl name

Iona has been given to 12,261 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1918.

Meaning & origin /aɪˈonə/

Probably a misreading of Latin Ioua, an attempt to Latinize Old Irish Í.

Origin: place names

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,261

Peak year

1918 (404 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Iona.

12,125 babies since 1880

12,468 babies since 1880

11,944 babies since 1880

11,851 babies since 1880

11,731 babies since 1880

12,994 babies since 1880

13,099 babies since 1880

11,259 babies since 1883

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