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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?

050100200020201996: 161997: 141998: 221999: 632000: 822001: 792002: 862003: 802004: 822005: 1102006: 912007: 1292008: 1122009: 1062010: 932011: 942012: 912013: 802014: 842015: 1062016: 882017: 902018: 992019: 732020: 582021: 692022: 792023: 572024: 622025: 31actual

Where does Ioan rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 8981997: ranked 1,0101998: ranked 7381999: ranked 3632000: ranked 3212001: ranked 3312002: ranked 3102003: ranked 3402004: ranked 3592005: ranked 2922006: ranked 3772007: ranked 2962008: ranked 3442009: ranked 3662010: ranked 4102011: ranked 4202012: ranked 4342013: ranked 4792014: ranked 4712015: ranked 3992016: ranked 4592017: ranked 4602018: ranked 4252019: ranked 5232020: ranked 6112021: ranked 5562022: ranked 4922023: ranked 6252024: ranked 6132025: ranked 976

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.

Chart: babies named Ioan per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 129 in 2007
Ioan: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

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.






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