How rare is the name Fiona?

32,179 people in the United States have the first name Fiona, about 1 in 9,386. It ranks #1,209 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FIONA

#1,209

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
32,179
About
1 in 9,386
This common or more
72.6%
Who bears it

Of the 32,179 people named Fiona, 73.1% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fiona peaked in 2017, when 1,683 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
1,683
In 2025*
654 ▼61%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 33,964 babies have been given the name since 1942. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fiona by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #479. The largest share of babies named Fiona, 46.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#7,11747
1950s#6,12791
1960s#2,800438
1970s#2,648597
1980s#2,240955
1990s#1,2773,133
2000s#7028,783
2010s#47914,669
2020s#7345,251
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–1242%
2013 and later46.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fiona is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fiona has been most common in New Hampshire (2.4×), Massachusetts (2.3×), and Washington (2.3×), and least common in Alabama (0.11×).

31,468 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Fiona

#1,207 Athena · 32,200#1,207 Hadley · 32,200#1,210 Roderick · 32,175#1,211 Efrain · 32,016

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fiona, most common first.

#16,074 Fionna · 707#18,480 Fionn · 583#18,867 Fina · 567#36,303 Fion · 219#40,182 Fiana · 186

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