# Ione (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ione/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,004 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,004 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 255, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25 | 5,494 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5,277 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,457 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,900 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,823 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,194 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,696 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,640 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,521 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,272 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,945 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,065 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,795 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,149 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,265 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Ione

- Ione Skye, British-born American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.