Fiona
Fiona is ranked 406th among girls in 2024 (782 births). Its best rank was 180th, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #406down 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7820.05% of girls
- Peak year
- 20171,683 births
- Best rank
- #180in 2017
- Since 1942
- 33,296people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,296 girls have been named Fiona in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 1,683 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 204 → 406).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 44%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Fiona | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 47 | |
| 1950s | 91 | |
| 1960s | 439 | |
| 1970s | 599 | |
| 1980s | 955 | |
| 1990s | 3,133 | |
| 2000s | 8,776 | |
| 2010s | 14,667 | |
| 2020s | 4,589 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Fiona was the 180th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Fiona
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jainapeak 2014
- Reaganpeak 2016
- Alaynapeak 2013
- Breelynpeak 2015
- Dylannpeak 2016
- Zahraapeak 2015
- Kavyapeak 2012
- Kendalynpeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.