Iwona

Girls' name

Possibly yew, through Yvonne

Iwona has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Iwona, 1999

1 in 738,000

Iwona over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Iwona: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly yew, through Yvonne

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Iwona means

Iwona belongs to the name family reached through Iwona → Yvonne → Yvon → Yves. Its meaning is “yew”.

Origin, language, and formation

Iwona is used in Polish.

Iwona comes through French Yvonne.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Yvonne, Yvon and Yves.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Iwona is pronounced /iˈvɔ.na/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 33 girls were recorded with the name Iwona between 1971 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1980; its best national rank was #8,474 in 1980.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Iwona?

Iwona had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 738,000; 5 of 3,692,373 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 511,873 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Iwona sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 511,873 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Iwona. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Iwonas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Iwona was born before 1986 — so the typical Iwona is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 84.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 33; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Iwona rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1980 (7)
Years since peak: 45; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,474; 1980

Spellings of Iwona

Iwona is not the most common spelling — Leona is, with 27.6% against Iwona's <0.01%.

Leona27.6%113,330
Mona11.1%45,787
Ina8.3%34,074
Fiona8.3%33,959
Dona4.6%18,857
Nona4.1%16,708
Winona3.2%12,953
Iona3.0%12,251

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Iwona around the world

Where Iwona ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2011
#5,785
in 2011
Norway
1880–1994
#606
in 1994
South Australia
1974–1974
#683
in 1974

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Iwona by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,474; 1980
Peak year: 1980; 7 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 33
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Iwona

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Iwona

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Charissa Sharonda Shameka Darci Tosha Candi Siobhan Starla

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Delvin Chauncey Kareem

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