Fiona

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Fiona is a feminine given name of Gaelic origins. It means white or fair, while the Irish name Fíona means 'of wine', being the genitive of fíon 'wine'. It was first used by the Scottish writer James Macpherson in his Ossianic poems.

From Wikipedia

Fiona first appears in the data in 1942 and has been recorded in 79 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 1,683 babies (rank #180 that year). In 2024 it was given to 782 girls (rank #406). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Fiona

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Fiona yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

33,301
Total babies (all years)
79
Years in the data
1,683
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19429#3,261
194319#2,022
19447#3,818
19486#4,845
19496#4,867
19517#4,515
19525#5,842
19538#4,350
195410#3,804
19556#5,405
195610#3,994
195711#3,771
195818#2,790
195916#3,022
196021#2,673
196135#1,967
196226#2,376
196335#1,991
196444#1,756
196538#1,866
196652#1,557
196771#1,287
196850#1,633
196967#1,426
197060#1,585
197159#1,603
197269#1,418
197368#1,435
197452#1,741
197558#1,659
197657#1,706
197759#1,744
197852#1,896
197965#1,695
198063#1,752
198180#1,505
198273#1,602
198388#1,360
198468#1,620
198590#1,412
198694#1,370
1987109#1,285
1988131#1,168
1989159#1,064
1990204#930
1991220#893
1992180#1,035
1993196#965
1994210#909
1995252#791
1996375#610
1997459#522
1998485#520
1999552#476
2000603#461
2001694#414
2002858#347
2003885#351
2004970#328
2005843#372
2006990#333
2007918#354
2008964#346
20091,051#314
20101,264#258
20111,211#266
20121,503#209
20131,640#197
20141,647#204
20151,495#219
20161,560#211
20171,683#180
20181,414#223
20191,250#265
20201,088#294
20211,072#299
2022881#359
2023766#400
2024782#406