Cliona

Clíona was the #443 girls' name in Ireland in 2025 (8 babies).

Cliona as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Cliona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern Ireland
Cliona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025——#397 (3)—
2023—#4,057 (5)#391 (3)#856 (3)
2022#13,592 (6)#4,646 (4)—#905 (3)
2021——#446 (3)#883 (3)
2020——#212 (8)—
2019——#298 (5)#871 (3)
2017—#5,765 (3)#190 (10)#471 (8)
2016——#251 (7)#335 (13)
2015#16,419 (5)—#223 (8)#378 (12)
2014——#314 (5)#353 (13)
2013#16,547 (5)—#370 (4)#374 (12)
2012#16,869 (5)—#229 (8)#317 (16)
2011—#5,785 (3)#444 (3)#203 (28)
2010——#213 (9)#179 (35)
2009—#3,422 (6)#253 (7)#183 (33)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2018 at #387.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,600 baby girls in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Cliona is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClionaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ClíonaIrelandGirls#4438
ClionaIrelandGirls—too few
ClionaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
ClionaUSGirls—too few