Iyona — girls' name

What the Data Says About Iyona

The Social Security Administration has registered 473 babies named Iyona between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iyona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iyona performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Iyona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Iyona in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iyona 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 473 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.