Fiona
Girl · fee-OH-na · Scottish
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Fiona is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair, white”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 470th for girls in the US (654 babies).
What does Fiona mean?
Scottish: from Gaelic fionn
“fair, white”
Created by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in the 1760s from the Gaelic fionn, fair or white.
- Say it
- fee-OH-na
More on Wiktionary.
Is Fiona a girl's or a boy's name?
Fiona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 654 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fiona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Fiona, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 422 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fiona in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales, 539th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#91), 1964 (#44), 1974 (#46) and 1984 (#61).
Fiona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 40 | #960 |
| 2018 | 49 | #832 |
| 2017 | 58 | #754 |
| 2016 | 49 | #841 |
| 2015 | 50 | #830 |
| 2014 | 53 | #792 |
| 2013 | 73 | #613 |
| 2012 | 69 | #660 |
| 2011 | 88 | #522 |
| 2010 | 100 | #470 |
| 2009 | 101 | #456 |
| 2008 | 124 | #392 |
| 2007 | 119 | #389 |
| 2006 | 166 | #305 |
| 2005 | 146 | #320 |
| 2004 | 158 | #294 |
| 2003 | 157 | #290 |
| 2002 | 214 | #228 |
| 2001 | 195 | #234 |
| 2000 | 285 | #173 |
| 1999 | 328 | #159 |
| 1998 | 368 | #140 |
| 1997 | 422 | #134 |
| 1996 | 375 | #134 |
How popular is Fiona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #470among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 654about 1 in 2,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 654 girls in the US were named Fiona, making it the 470th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 294th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 1,683 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had fewer girls named Fiona than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Fiona in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fiona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 654 | #470 |
| 2024 | 787 | #405 |
| 2023 | 767 | #400 |
| 2022 | 881 | #359 |
| 2021 | 1,073 | #299 |
| 2020 | 1,089 | #294 |
| 2019 | 1,250 | #265 |
| 2018 | 1,414 | #224 |
| 2017 | 1,683 | #180 |
| 2016 | 1,560 | #211 |
| 2015 | 1,495 | #219 |
| 2014 | 1,648 | #204 |
| 2013 | 1,640 | #197 |
| 2012 | 1,503 | #209 |
| 2011 | 1,211 | #266 |
| 2010 | 1,265 | #258 |
| 2009 | 1,051 | #314 |
| 2008 | 964 | #346 |
| 2007 | 918 | #352 |
| 2006 | 991 | #333 |
| 2005 | 844 | #371 |
| 2004 | 970 | #328 |
| 2003 | 885 | #351 |
| 2002 | 858 | #346 |
| 2001 | 694 | #414 |
| 2000 | 603 | #461 |
| 1999 | 552 | #476 |
| 1998 | 485 | #520 |
| 1997 | 459 | #522 |
| 1996 | 375 | #610 |
| 1995 | 252 | #789 |
| 1994 | 210 | #907 |
| 1993 | 196 | #960 |
| 1992 | 180 | #1,032 |
| 1991 | 220 | #890 |
| 1990 | 204 | #928 |
| 1989 | 159 | #1,060 |
| 1988 | 131 | #1,163 |
| 1987 | 109 | #1,280 |
| 1986 | 94 | #1,367 |
| 1985 | 90 | #1,409 |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,616 |
| 1983 | 88 | #1,358 |
| 1982 | 73 | #1,599 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,504 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,749 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,694 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,761 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,714 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,655 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 68 | #1,433 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,414 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,594 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,584 |
| 1969 | 67 | #1,423 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,625 |
| 1967 | 71 | #1,281 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,854 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,747 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
Nicknames for Fiona
- Fi
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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