Total births
36
Girls' name · since 1994
Ciona
Ciona has 36 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 36
- total births
- 1994–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
Ciona is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 36 have been recorded since 1994.
Ciona has 36 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2010.
- 36 total births
- 1994–2010 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
36 girls have been named Ciona since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2010.
- 36
- total births
- 1994–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
72% of everyone ever named Ciona was born in this single decade.
2006
Single peak year
9 babies were named Ciona in 2006 - its busiest year on record.
Ciona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ciona's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ciona at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
2006
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1994
Ciona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2010
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Ciona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Ciona's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Ciona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (72% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Ciona? ▼
Ciona has been given to 36 babies in the U.S. since 1994, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2010. 9 babies were born in 2006, its single highest year.
When was Ciona most popular? ▼
Ciona was most popular in the 2000s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Ciona been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Ciona since 1994 -- 17 years through the most recent 2010 data.
What names are similar to Ciona? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cionna, Ciomara, Cionne, Cionni. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Ciona's data
- Ciona's decade-level peak was the 2000s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ciona: Baby Name Since 1994 - 36 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ciona. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ciona draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.