Total births
33
Girls' name · since 1971
Iwona
Iwona has 33 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 33
- total births
- 1971–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Iwona sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 1971.
Iwona has 33 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1999.
- 33 total births
- 1971–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
33 girls have been named Iwona since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 33
- total births
- 1971–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade
55% of everyone ever named Iwona was born in this single decade.
1980
Single peak year
7 babies were named Iwona in 1980 - its busiest year on record.
Iwona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iwona's full recorded timeline at 1988, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iwona at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
1980
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1971
Iwona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1999
- Peak year (1980)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Iwona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Iwona's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Iwona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (55% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Iwona? ▼
Iwona has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1971, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1999. 7 babies were born in 1980, its single highest year.
When was Iwona most popular? ▼
Iwona was most popular in the 1980s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Iwona been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Iwona since 1971 -- 29 years through the most recent 1999 data.
What to do with Iwona's data
- Iwona's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1971–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Iwona: Baby Name Since 1971 - 33 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/iwona. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Iwona 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 July 2026.