Ione — #7941 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ione

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,989 babies named Ione between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ione currently holds the #7941 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 367 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ione performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,677 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ione shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 1,119 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Ione in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ione 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 9,989 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.