NameTides

Fiona

Fiona was the #470 girls' name in the US in 2025 (654 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #450 in Canada.

Fiona as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Fiona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Fiona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#470 (654)#1,362 (23)#539 (5)#397 (3)#325 (12)#450 (68)—
2024#405 (787)#1,406 (23)#638 (4)—#556 (6)#379 (80)—
2023#400 (767)#1,108 (30)#439 (7)—#279 (14)#343 (86)—
2022#359 (881)#1,621 (18)#358 (9)—#747 (4)#291 (102)—
2021#299 (1,073)#1,692 (17)#652 (4)—#661 (5)#252 (127)—
2020#294 (1,089)#1,267 (25)#636 (4)—#544 (6)#251 (118)—
2019#265 (1,250)#955 (37)#765 (3)—#421 (9)#163 (172)—
2018#224 (1,414)#936 (39)#348 (10)—#280 (16)#220 (137)—
2017#180 (1,683)#836 (46)#369 (9)#432 (3)#241 (20)#163 (184)—
2016#211 (1,560)#897 (41)#413 (8)—#288 (16)#188 (166)—
2015#219 (1,495)#871 (42)#416 (8)—#362 (13)#185 (172)—
2014#204 (1,648)#842 (45)#681 (4)#365 (4)#197 (27)#156 (203)—
2013#197 (1,640)#743 (53)#267 (15)#327 (5)#315 (15)#160 (196)—
2012#209 (1,503)#749 (53)#321 (13)#451 (3)#184 (31)#163 (199)—
2011#266 (1,211)#569 (71)#363 (10)#246 (7)#215 (25)#198 (161)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #180.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 baby girls in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Fiona is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fiona by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #343WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #240ILMichigan: #351MINew York: #267NYMassachusetts: #142MAOregon: #243ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #444INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #246PANew Jersey: #239NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #542CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #406CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #263VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #707TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #735FL
Fiona (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#28744
Quebec2025#38513

Fiona (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FionaCanadaGirls#45068
FionaEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
FionaIrelandGirls#32512
FionaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
FionaNSWGirls—too few
FionaScotlandGirls#5395
FionaUSGirls#470654
FionaUSBoys—too few