The name Fiona is of Irish origin, and means vine.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Fiona has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Fiona
Use of the Name Fiona for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
6,930
6,930
6,930
6,105
3,986
1,839
957
The table below indicates the number of times the name Fiona has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Fiona first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1990, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Fiona
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1990
942
201
1991
892
220
1992
1993
970
194
1994
908
210
1995
790
252
1996
608
375
1997
523
457
1998
520
485
1999
474
550
2000
460
601
2001
415
688
2002
347
858
2003
349
882
2004
327
957
Totals:
6,930
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Fiona as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Fiona appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 14 times during the last 125 years.