Girls' name · since 1995
Ionna
Ionna has 272 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,770 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,349 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 272
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
272 babies have been named Ionna since 1995, making it today's #11349 girls' name.
Ionna has 272 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11349 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #16,770 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,349 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 272 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ionna ranks #16,770 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,349 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 272 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,770 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,349 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 272
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ionna's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ionna compares
272 43rd 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
Ionna's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ionna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 272 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ionna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ionna's full recorded timeline at 2010, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ionna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Ionna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (131 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Ionna's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Ionna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 131 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Ionna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 25 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ionna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Ionna 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.