Girls' name · since 1917
Idona
Idona has 99 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
99 girls have been named Idona since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Idona has been recorded 99 times among girls since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1959.
- #27,212 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 99 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Idona ranks #27,212 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 99 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Idona's 99 recorded births place it above 62.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Idona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Idona's full recorded timeline at 1929, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Idona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1959
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Idona by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (38 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Idona's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Idona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 38 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Idona's decade-level peak was the 1920s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Idona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1917–1959 (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 Idona 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.