Girls' name · since 1993
Ioana
Ioana has 91 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,648 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ioana currently ranks #15648 among girls' names in America, with 91 babies recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Ioana recorded 91 times among girls since 1993, holding rank #15648 nationally today, ahead of 10% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #28,164 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,648 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 91 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ioana ranks #28,164 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,648 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 91 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,648 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ioana's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ioana compares
91 23rd percentile among 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
Ioana's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ioana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 91 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ioana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ioana's full recorded timeline at 2005, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ioana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ioana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Ioana's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Ioana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ioana's data
- Ioana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- 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 Ioana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Ioana 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.