Iolana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-oh-LAH-nah
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Iolana is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “soaring hawk”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Iolana mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian 'io 'hawk' + lana 'floating'
“soaring hawk”
Is Iolana a girl's or a boy's name?
Iolana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iolana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Iolana, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Iolana in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iolana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
Names like Iolana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Meilani Kalani Kehlani Nalani Xyla Amora Noa Solana Kaylani Isabella Ailany
Names related to Iolana
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Koa Makai Keanu Koah Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Makoa Nakoa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Iolana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iolana, updated 20 October 2026.