Fiona

#470 for girls in 2025, 654 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2017 · 1,683 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
33,959
since 1942

Fiona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Fiona has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #180, 2017girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#470654
2024#405787
2023#400767
2022#359881
2021#2991,073
2020#2941,089
2019#2651,250
2018#2241,414
2017#1801,683
2016#2111,560
2015#2191,495
2014#2041,648
2013#1971,640
2012#2091,503
2011#2661,211
2010#2581,265
2009#3141,051
2008#346964
2007#352918
2006#333991
2005#371844
2004#328970#11,3565
2003#351885
2002#346858
2001#414694
2000#461603
1999#476552
1998#520485
1997#522459
1996#610375
1995#790252
1994#908210
1993#961196
1992#1,034180
1991#892220
1990#930204
1989#1,063159
1988#1,164131
1987#1,280109
1986#1,36794
1985#1,41090
1984#1,61668
1983#1,35888
1982#1,59973
1981#1,50480
1980#1,74963
1979#1,69465
1978#1,89352
1977#1,76158
1976#1,71456
1975#1,65558
1974#1,73352
1973#1,43368
1972#1,41469
1971#1,59459
1970#1,58460
1969#1,42367
1968#1,62550
1967#1,28171
1966#1,54852
1965#1,85438
1964#1,74744
1963#1,98135
1962#2,35726
1961#1,95535
1960#2,72920
1959#2,98016
1958#2,75518
1957#3,69611
1956#3,91010
1955#5,2086
1954#3,71810
1953#4,2268
1952#5,5635
1951#4,3857
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1948#4,6516
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1944#3,6877
1943#1,99419
1942#3,1949
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Fiona! It came in at #3,194, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945–1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Fiona is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedAKMaine: #100 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 389 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #231 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 901 girlsNHWashington: #170 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 729 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #271 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,221 girlsMNIllinois: #270 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,310 girlsILWisconsin: #334 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,574 girlsWIMichigan: #308 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,522 girlsMINew York: #151 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 754 girlsNYMassachusetts: #108 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 482 girlsMARhode Island: #137 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 443 girlsRIOregon: #162 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 634 girlsORNevada: #483 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,085 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedSDIowa: #423 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,011 girlsIAIndiana: #473 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,363 girlsINOhio: #444 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,491 girlsOHPennsylvania: #285 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,456 girlsPANew Jersey: #189 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 885 girlsNJConnecticut: #178 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 764 girlsCTCalifornia: #297 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 1,477 girlsCAUtah: #720 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,773 girlsUTColorado: #272 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,151 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedNEMissouri: #443 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,284 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedWVVirginia: #368 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,803 girlsVAMaryland: #300 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,397 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedDEArizona: #803 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,254 girlsAZNew Mexico: #451 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsNMKansas: #450 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,974 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #511 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,616 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #143 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 412 girlsDCOklahoma: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,917 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Fiona, so not publishedALGeorgia: #637 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,365 girlsGAHawaii: #144 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 451 girlsHITexas: #785 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 4,748 girlsTXFlorida: #373 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 2,026 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#100 · 1 in 389
  2. Massachusetts#108 · 1 in 482
  3. Rhode Island#137 · 1 in 443
  4. District of Columbia#143 · 1 in 412
  5. Hawaii#144 · 1 in 451

Best ever in a state: #28 in Maine, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#100111 in 389
Massachusetts#108591 in 482
Rhode Island#13781 in 443
District of Columbia#14381 in 412
Hawaii#14481 in 451
New York#1511281 in 754
Oregon#162261 in 634
Washington#170421 in 729
Connecticut#178181 in 764
New Jersey#189461 in 885
New Hampshire#23151 in 901
Illinois#270521 in 1,310
Minnesota#271221 in 1,221
Colorado#272221 in 1,151
Pennsylvania#285381 in 1,456
California#2971591 in 1,477
Maryland#300181 in 1,397
Michigan#308311 in 1,522
Wisconsin#334161 in 1,574
Virginia#368211 in 1,803
Florida#373441 in 2,026
Iowa#42371 in 2,011
Missouri#443131 in 2,284
Ohio#444231 in 2,491
Kansas#45071 in 1,974
New Mexico#45151 in 1,685
Indiana#473141 in 2,363
Nevada#48361 in 2,085
North Carolina#511181 in 2,616
Oklahoma#62661 in 2,917
Georgia#637161 in 3,365
Utah#72051 in 3,773
Texas#785351 in 4,748
Arizona#80391 in 4,254
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Fiona
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 65 spots since 2024 (#405#470)
  • 176 spots since 2020 (#294#470)
  • 251 spots since 2015 (#219#470)
  • Biggest jump: 180 spots in 1996 (#790#610)
  • Biggest drop: 142 spots in 1992 (#892#1,034)
Rise & fade · girls
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 2017 at #180 (1,683 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,026
  • Highest: 1 in 1,026 girls born in 2017 were named Fiona (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,458 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 43.2% of all girls named Fiona (14,669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s47#1,994 (1943)#3,640
1950s91#2,755 (1958)#4,049
1960s438#1,281 (1967)#1,850
1970s597#1,414 (1972)#1,648
1980s955#1,063 (1989)#1,411
1990s3,133#476 (1999)#764
2000s8,778#314 (2009)#362
2010s14,669#180 (2017)#223
2020s5,251#294 (2020)#371

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Fiona in 2006

girls
#333
991 births · 1 in 1,918 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #333Fiona991
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 1,918 of them was named Fiona, which outranked 98.3% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fiona
  1. #330Shayla1,004
  2. #331Michaela1,003
  3. #332Asia1,002
  4. #333Fiona991
  5. #334Annika987
  6. #335Ivy985
  7. #336Sasha983
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 8,571Bethzy#9,452#881
  2. 1,747Rihanna#2,278#531
  3. 965Yaretzi#1,803#838
  4. 921Betsy#1,668#747
  5. 612Evangeline#1,210#598
Fallers
  1. 2,134Mikalah#806#2,940
  2. 1,275Jolette#954#2,229
  3. 756Karol#818#1,574
  4. 446Litzy#388#834
  5. 305Devon#963#1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006