Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Iona

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Iona
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

404

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

84.9%

2024

All-time

12,186

Iona has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 404 girls were named Iona.

In 2024, only 61 girls were given the name.

Down 84.9% from its peak.

All told, about 12,186 Americans have been named Iona and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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