girls:
715 births since 1970
#5001 (12th percentile)
overall:
715 births since 1970
#7024 (9th percentile)
The name Iana is the #7,024 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 715 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 9.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,001 (12.5% percentile) for all time with 715 births since 1970.
Iana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970). Birth data for Iana is available in 45 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Iana reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #893) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 34 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Iana is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #893 (5.7% percentile) with 34 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Iana".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Iana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.3% confident that Iana is pronounced as ee-AH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ee-UH-nuh, at 14.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like IY0 AA1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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