Ione
Ione was given to 15 girls in 2025, #7,263 among girls’ names; 10,004 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,680 Americans named Ione and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (17% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 24 and 84.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ione by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ione mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Ione is “a female given name”
/ˈʝone/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ione?
#7,263 among girls’ names, 2025
Ione fell from #5,192 in 2015 to #7,263 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.6 to 9.3 per million.
367 babies in 1920, the peak
Ione peaked in 1920, when 367 girls were given it, #342 among girls’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,263 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #8,144 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,790 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,060 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,941 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,268 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,517 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,636 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,694 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,192 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 18 | #6,821 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,897 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,455 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,275 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,492 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,909 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,181 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,864 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,267 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,267 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,481 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,289 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,190 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,426 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,430 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,259 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,665 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,331 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,947 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,811 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,993 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,094 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,643 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,634 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,988 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,771 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,436 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,457 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,226 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,867 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,591 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,629 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,080 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,413 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,070 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,816 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,852 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,625 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,570 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,328 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,479 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,919 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,820 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,771 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,560 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,808 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,942 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,460 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,534 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 51 | #1,289 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 52 | #1,259 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 49 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 53 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 70 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 68 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 95 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 91 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 85 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 127 | #608 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 122 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 132 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 152 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1934 | 150 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 144 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1932 | 156 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 172 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1930 | 178 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 203 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 210 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 210 | #481 | 0.18 |
| 1926 | 257 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1925 | 238 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1924 | 263 | #431 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 303 | #382 | 0.25 |
| 1922 | 291 | #381 | 0.24 |
| 1921 | 335 | #363 | 0.27 |
| 1920 | 367 | #342 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 314 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1918 | 356 | #348 | 0.31 |
| 1917 | 360 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | 344 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1915 | 326 | #330 | 0.33 |
| 1914 | 226 | #351 | 0.30 |
| 1913 | 204 | #339 | 0.33 |
| 1912 | 178 | #345 | 0.32 |
| 1911 | 142 | #333 | 0.34 |
| 1910 | 111 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 109 | #343 | 0.31 |
| 1908 | 116 | #330 | 0.35 |
| 1907 | 105 | #340 | 0.33 |
| 1906 | 89 | #353 | 0.30 |
| 1905 | 89 | #355 | 0.31 |
| 1904 | 90 | #345 | 0.33 |
| 1903 | 63 | #401 | 0.24 |
| 1902 | 74 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1901 | 78 | #346 | 0.33 |
| 1900 | 68 | #403 | 0.23 |
| 1899 | 61 | #371 | 0.26 |
| 1898 | 64 | #389 | 0.25 |
| 1897 | 65 | #366 | 0.28 |
| 1896 | 64 | #363 | 0.27 |
| 1895 | 53 | #386 | 0.23 |
| 1894 | 59 | #364 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 38 | #438 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 43 | #407 | 0.20 |
| 1891 | 55 | #341 | 0.30 |
| 1890 | 36 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 26 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 28 | #473 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 24 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 18 | #533 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 20 | #476 | 0.15 |
| 1884 | 20 | #455 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 19 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 15 | #479 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 10 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 9 | #605 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ione a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ione has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 131 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ione: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ione, and how old are they?
1,680 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 17% of the 10,004 Americans ever recorded as Ione. The median Ione alive today is 71 years old; half are between 24 and 84.
The 2020 Census counted 2,498 people named Ione (2,468 women and girls, 30 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,231 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 521 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 514 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 84 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 71 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 237 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 226 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ione born?
The states with the most babies named Ione are Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and Wisconsin and Iowa are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 1,119 | not ranked | 6.1× |
| Wisconsin | 1,024 | not ranked | 5.0× |
| Iowa | 395 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| North Dakota | 378 | not ranked | 6.4× |
| Michigan | 341 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 329 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| South Dakota | 233 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Texas | 218 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 208 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Nebraska | 153 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Ione is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ione is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 6.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ione with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 58,771 babies since 1880, Ione is the third most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 192 babies (7.8%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ione
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ione and names like it
- Compare Ione and InaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sIone peaked in 1920.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ione since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Ione: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Ione.
- The names of the Silent GenerationMost people named Ione alive today were born 1928-1945.
- Names starting with IMost given first.