Ione
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 360 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,004since 1880
Ione over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ione has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,454 | 44 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 |
| 1948 | #1,285 | 51 |
| 1947 | #1,255 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 |
| 1945 | #1,122 | 49 |
| 1944 | #1,072 | 53 |
| 1943 | #935 | 70 |
| 1942 | #950 | 68 |
| 1941 | #724 | 95 |
| 1940 | #729 | 91 |
| 1939 | #740 | 85 |
| 1938 | #608 | 127 |
| 1937 | #609 | 122 |
| 1936 | #571 | 132 |
| 1935 | #520 | 152 |
| 1934 | #528 | 150 |
| 1933 | #530 | 144 |
| 1932 | #524 | 156 |
| 1931 | #491 | 172 |
| 1930 | #500 | 178 |
| 1929 | #465 | 203 |
| 1928 | #473 | 210 |
| 1927 | #481 | 210 |
| 1926 | #429 | 257 |
| 1925 | #448 | 238 |
| 1924 | #431 | 263 |
| 1923 | #382 | 303 |
| 1922 | #381 | 291 |
| 1921 | #363 | 335 |
| 1920 | #342 | 367 |
| 1919 | #360 | 314 |
| 1918 | #348 | 356 |
| 1917 | #327 | 360 |
| 1916 | #327 | 344 |
| 1915 | #330 | 326 |
| 1914 | #351 | 226 |
| 1913 | #338 | 204 |
| 1912 | #345 | 178 |
| 1911 | #333 | 142 |
| 1910 | #369 | 111 |
| 1909 | #343 | 109 |
| 1908 | #329 | 116 |
| 1907 | #340 | 105 |
| 1906 | #349 | 89 |
| 1905 | #354 | 89 |
| 1904 | #343 | 90 |
| 1903 | #400 | 63 |
| 1902 | #370 | 74 |
| 1901 | #346 | 78 |
| 1900 | #402 | 68 |
| 1899 | #371 | 61 |
| 1898 | #389 | 64 |
| 1897 | #366 | 65 |
| 1896 | #363 | 64 |
| 1895 | #384 | 53 |
| 1894 | #364 | 59 |
| 1893 | #436 | 38 |
| 1892 | #406 | 43 |
| 1891 | #340 | 55 |
| 1890 | #425 | 36 |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 |
| 1888 | #470 | 28 |
| 1887 | #459 | 24 |
| 1886 | #528 | 18 |
| 1885 | #470 | 20 |
| 1884 | #449 | 20 |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ione was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ione is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Minnesota#136 · 1 in 780
- North Dakota#146 · 1 in 616
- Wisconsin#154 · 1 in 1,005
- Iowa#270 · 1 in 2,606
- California#618 · 1 in 8,119
Best ever in a state: #80 in South Dakota, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #136 | 26 | 1 in 780 |
| North Dakota | #146 | 8 | 1 in 616 |
| Wisconsin | #154 | 23 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Iowa | #270 | 7 | 1 in 2,606 |
| California | #618 | 5 | 1 in 8,119 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 834 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,133)
- 1,283 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #7,133)
- 2,006 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 85 spots in 1891 (#425 → #340)
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1942 (#724 → #950)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #327 (360 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,882
- Highest: 1 in 2,882 girls born in 1908 were named Ione (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #327 in 1917, was only 1 in 3,004 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 26.8% of all girls named Ione (2,677) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 189 | #435 (1883) | #489 |
| 1890s | 538 | #340 (1891) | #384 |
| 1900s | 881 | #329 (1908) | #358 |
| 1910s | 2,561 | #327 (1917) | #343 |
| 1920s | 2,677 | #342 (1920) | #420 |
| 1930s | 1,418 | #491 (1931) | #562 |
| 1940s | 626 | #724 (1941) | #1,064 |
| 1950s | 369 | #1,224 (1951) | #1,742 |
| 1960s | 162 | #2,307 (1960) | #3,612 |
| 1970s | 44 | #5,109 (1972) | #6,955 |
| 1980s | 26 | #5,545 (1989) | #8,398 |
| 1990s | 77 | #5,713 (1994) | #9,218 |
| 2000s | 133 | #6,811 (2009) | #7,824 |
| 2010s | 225 | #5,127 (2015) | #5,748 |
| 2020s | 78 | #5,850 (2020) | #7,111 |
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.
Ione in 1937
girls
#609
122 births · 1 in 8,722 girls
Top girls' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 8,722 of them was named Ione, which outranked 87.6% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).