Idonia — girls' name
118 babies named Idonia in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Idonia was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Idonia in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Idonia
The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Idonia between 1903 and 1942, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Idonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Idonia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Idonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Idonia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Idonia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 118 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Idonia at a glance
Last recorded 1942Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Idonia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1903
- Peak year (1923)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1942.
118 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 10 births in a single year.
Idonia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 53 births that decade — 45% of Idonia's all-time total
Idonia decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Idonia's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Idonia by state
Where Idonia concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 11 | 9.3% |
11 of 118 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 9.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1903–1942 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.