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How popular is the name Iona?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ionas are alive today.
Iona (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 520th in 2025 with 77 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2000, when 210 babies were given the name, the 199th most popular that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2025 figure is roughly 37% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Iona you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Ionas born in England and Wales are between 12 and 29, and there are at least 4,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Iona.
How many babies are named Iona each year?
Where does Iona rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Iona most popular?
Iona peaked in 2000, when 210 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Iona?
At least 4,600 people named Iona born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Iona?
Most living Ionas are between 12 and 29; the most common age is about 27.
Is Iona becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2000 peak.