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How popular is the name Ioan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ioans are alive today.
Ioan (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 976th in 2025 with 31 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2007, when 129 babies were given the name, the 296th most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 24% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Ioan you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Ioans born in England and Wales are between 9 and 22, and there are at least 2,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ioan - on average, only one in every 127 such rooms contains a Ioan.
How many babies are named Ioan each year?
Where does Ioan rank among boys' 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 Ioan most popular?
Ioan peaked in 2007, when 129 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ioan?
At least 2,400 people named Ioan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ioan?
Most living Ioans are between 9 and 22; the most common age is about 18.
Is Ioan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.