Girls' name · since 1980
Ianna
Ianna has 1,121 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,121
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ianna is the #5293 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,121 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ianna has been recorded 1,121 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #5293 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #6,930 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,293 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,121 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ianna ranks #6,930 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,293 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,121 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,930 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,293 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,121
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ianna's 1,121 recorded births place it above 90.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Ianna compares
1,121 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ianna's all-time total is 198% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ianna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,121 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ianna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ianna's full recorded timeline at 2005, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 59 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ianna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Ianna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (419 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Ianna's strongest decade.
419 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Ianna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 146
1990s
146 births
- 2000s
2000s
419 births
- 2010s
2010s
369 births
- 2020s 152
2020s
152 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 419 births (37% of all-time use).
How Ianna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ianna's total volume
Ianna by state
Where Ianna concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 99 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 93 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 38 | 3.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 36 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
99 of 1,121 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Ianna's data
- Ianna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (419 total births) through the 2020s (152) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Iannas (99 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ianna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Ianna 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 August 2026.