Ione

Gender: Girl
Say it: eye-OH-nee
Origin: Greek
UK rank, 2025: #2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025: #7,131 for girls

Ione is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “violet flower”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).

What does Ione mean?

Greek

“violet flower”

In Greek myth Ione is one of the Nereids, the sea nymphs who were daughters of Nereus.

Is Ione a girl's or a boy's name?

Ione is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ione in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,509among girls
Babies in 2025: 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 30% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Ione, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 17 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ione in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Ione or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.

Ione 11
Ionie 5

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 17 in 19972025

Ione in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	11	#2,509
2024	7	#3,381
2023	12	#2,329
2022	7	#3,347
2021	7	#3,338
2020	8	#3,009
2019	9	#2,792
2018	6	#3,702
2017	4	#4,967
2016	6	#3,788
2015	7	#3,433
2014	6	#3,702
2013	8	#3,060
2012	8	#3,148
2011	8	#3,041
2010	7	#3,308
2009	6	#3,603
2008	13	#2,046
2007	13	#1,964
2006	7	#2,940
2005	10	#2,206
2004	9	#2,226
2003	6	#2,877
2002	11	#1,755
2001	13	#1,542
2000	13	#1,502
1999	9	#1,921
1998	9	#1,951
1997	17	#1,227
1996	13	#1,450

How popular is Ione in the US?

Rank in 2025: #7,131among girls
Babies in 2025: 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 32% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Ione, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 367 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ione in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1934, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 367 in 19202025

Ione in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	15	#7,131
2024	13	#7,962
2023	14	#7,635
2022	0	–
2021	16	#6,962
2020	20	#5,846
2019	19	#6,172
2018	23	#5,450
2017	18	#6,527
2016	23	#5,620
2015	26	#5,125
2014	18	#6,711
2013	22	#5,831
2012	25	#5,396
2011	26	#5,205
2010	25	#5,412
2009	19	#6,808
2008	18	#7,069
2007	16	#7,729
2006	17	#7,140
2005	16	#7,133
2004	11	#9,259
2003	11	#9,043
2002	15	#7,039
2001	0	–
2000	10	#9,156
1999	11	#8,216
1998	13	#7,099
1997	6	#12,065
1996	5	#13,511
1995	7	#10,509
1994	16	#5,707
1993	9	#8,712
1992	0	–
1991	0	–
1990	10	#7,874
1989	15	#5,539
1988	0	–
1987	0	–
1986	0	–
1985	0	–
1984	0	–
1983	0	–
1982	6	#9,235
1981	5	#10,409
1980	0	–
1979	5	#10,208
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	7	#7,171
1974	8	#6,257
1973	0	–
1972	10	#5,108
1971	7	#6,617
1970	7	#6,361
1969	8	#5,455
1968	12	#3,999
1967	10	#4,299
1966	6	#5,808
1965	12	#3,732
1964	20	#2,824
1963	23	#2,542
1962	22	#2,604
1961	23	#2,542
1960	26	#2,306
1959	22	#2,457
1958	33	#1,907
1957	36	#1,807
1956	36	#1,759
1955	43	#1,555
1954	33	#1,800
1953	28	#1,930
1952	44	#1,453
1951	57	#1,223
1950	37	#1,523
1949	45	#1,375
1948	51	#1,284
1947	52	#1,254
1946	52	#1,191
1945	49	#1,121
1944	53	#1,071
1943	70	#935
1942	68	#950
1941	95	#724
1940	91	#729
1939	85	#740
1938	127	#608
1937	122	#609
1936	132	#571
1935	152	#520
1934	150	#528
1933	144	#530
1932	156	#524
1931	172	#491
1930	178	#500
1929	203	#465
1928	210	#473
1927	210	#481
1926	257	#429
1925	238	#448
1924	263	#431
1923	303	#382
1922	291	#381
1921	335	#363
1920	367	#342
1919	314	#360
1918	356	#348
1917	360	#327
1916	344	#327
1915	326	#330
1914	226	#351
1913	204	#338
1912	178	#345
1911	142	#333
1910	111	#369
1909	109	#343
1908	116	#329
1907	105	#340
1906	89	#349
1905	89	#354
1904	90	#343
1903	63	#400
1902	74	#370
1901	78	#346
1900	68	#402
1899	61	#371
1898	64	#389
1897	65	#366
1896	64	#363
1895	53	#384
1894	59	#364
1893	38	#436
1892	43	#406
1891	55	#340
1890	36	#425
1889	26	#486
1888	28	#470
1887	24	#459
1886	18	#528
1885	20	#470
1884	20	#449
1883	19	#435
1882	15	#475
1881	10	#539
1880	9	#580

Names like Ione

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Ione

Ionie

Names related to Ione

Iona

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ione: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ione, updated 20 October 2026.