Boy or Girl

Is Fiona a boy or girl name?

Fiona is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 782 girls and 0 boys were named Fiona, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 33,301 US babies named Fiona were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#406
Babies named Fiona since 1942
33,301
Most popular year
2017
1,683 babies
Babies named Fiona each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Fiona from 1942 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05001,0001,5002,0001960198020002020

Boys and girls named Fiona, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1940s047100%
1950s091100%
1960s0439100%
1970s0599100%
1980s0955100%
1990s03,133100%
2000s58,77699.9%
2010s014,667100%
2020s04,589100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–782#406
20230–766#400
20220–881#359
20210–1,072#299
20200–1,088#294
20190–1,250#265
20180–1,414#223
20170–1,683#180
20160–1,560#211
20150–1,495#219
20140–1,647#204
20130–1,640#197
20120–1,503#209
20110–1,211#266
20100–1,264#258
20090–1,051#314
20080–964#346
20070–918#354
20060–990#333
20050–843#372
20045#11,934970#328
20030–885#351
20020–858#347
20010–694#414
20000–603#461
19990–552#476
19980–485#520
19970–459#522
19960–375#610
19950–252#791
19940–210#909
19930–196#965
19920–180#1,035
19910–220#893
19900–204#930
19890–159#1,064
19880–131#1,168
19870–109#1,285
19860–94#1,370
19850–90#1,412
19840–68#1,620
19830–88#1,360
19820–73#1,602
19810–80#1,505
19800–63#1,752
19790–65#1,695
19780–52#1,896
19770–59#1,744
19760–57#1,706
19750–58#1,659
19740–52#1,741
19730–68#1,435
19720–69#1,418
19710–59#1,603
19700–60#1,585
19690–67#1,426
19680–50#1,633
19670–71#1,287
19660–52#1,557
19650–38#1,866
19640–44#1,756
19630–35#1,991
19620–26#2,376
19610–35#1,967
19600–21#2,673
19590–16#3,022
19580–18#2,790
19570–11#3,771
19560–10#3,994
19550–6#5,405
19540–10#3,804
19530–8#4,350
19520–5#5,842
19510–7#4,515
19500–0–
19490–6#4,867
19480–6#4,845
19470–0–
19460–0–
19450–0–
19440–7#3,818
19430–19#2,022
19420–9#3,261

Highest rank

As a boy name, Fiona reached #11,934 in 2004. As a girl name, it reached #180 in 2017. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.