Fiona
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Fiona
Fiona entered the American consciousness with the opening of the 1954 Broadway musical Brigadoon, but didn't come onto the U.S. popularity list until 1990.
Fiona is the best known of a group of related Gaelic names, which is ironic because it's the only one without genuine traditional roots — it was found first in James Macpherson's Ossianic poems and then popularized in the late nineteenth century as a feminine pseudonym for William Sharp, a Scottish male writer. Some researchers believe that Fiona Macleod was Sharp's identity as a trans woman.
Its recent spike in popularity owes much to singer Fiona Apple and also possibly to Princess Fiona in Shrek. In fact, there have been numerous Fionas on the big and small screens, from The Thorn Birds to Josie and the Pussycats, Four Weddings and a Funeral to Nurse Jackie to Shameless.
Jennie Garth and Chad Lowe have daughters named Fiona. It's also Julia Roberts' middle name.
If you're looking for something more authentic, consider Fionnuala.
Fiona is also given to boys.
Pronounced fee-AH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Fiona ranked #470 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #180 in 2017, Nameberry popularity #127.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #204 | 1,647 | 922 |
| 2015 | #219 | 1,495 | 837.5 |
| 2016 | #211 | 1,560 | 880.4 |
| 2017 | #180 | 1,683 | 974.8 |
| 2018 | #223 | 1,414 | 831.2 |
| 2019 | #265 | 1,250 | 744.8 |
| 2020 | #294 | 1,088 | 673 |
| 2021 | #299 | 1,072 | 653.3 |
| 2022 | #359 | 881 | 537.2 |
| 2023 | #400 | 766 | 477.4 |
| 2024 | #406 | 782 | 482.7 |
| 2025 | #470 | 654 | 406.9 |
World rankings
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Fiona on lists
Famous Fionas
- Fiona Apple (McAfee Maggart)Girl
American singer,songwriter
- Fiona Mary ShawGirl
Irish actress
- Fiona Victoria GubelmannGirl
American actress
- Fiona May IapichinoGirl
Italian Olympic long jumper
- Fiona SitGirl
Hong Kong pop singer
- Fiona NashGirl
Australian politician
- Fiona RaeGirl
British painter
- Fiona DourifGirl
American actress
- Fiona XieGirl
Singaporean actress and TV presenter
- Fiona O'CarrollGirl
Irish actress
- Fiona Elizabeth BruceGirl
British TV journalist
- Fiona Eve Facinelli (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of actors Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli
- Fiona Luna (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of actors Diego Luna and Camila Sodi
- Fiona Leigh Pudi (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actor Danny Pudi
- Fiona Hepler Lowe (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actors Chad Lowe and Kim Painter
Fiona in pop culture
- Princess FionaGirl
character in the "Shrek" series
- Fiona GallagherGirl
main character on TV's "Shameless"
- Fiona Celestine Arabella CoyneGirl
character on "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- "Fred and FionaGirl
" animated series
- Fiona "Fi" GlenanneGirl
character on TV's "Burn Notice"
- FionaGirl
character in Lois Lowry's The Giver
- Fiona BelliGirl
main character of the game Haunting Ground
- Fiona PhillipsGirl
main character on TV's "So Weird"
- FionaGirl
character from Roger Zelazny's Amber series
- Fiona LeeGirl
character in The Blurred Man by Anthony Horowitz
- Fiona GoodeGirl
character in"American Horror Story: Coven"
- Fiona PeytonGirl
daughter on TV's "Nurse Jackie"
- Fiona "Fee" ClearyGirl
character in The Thorne Birds
- Fiona WatersGirl
character in "From The Files of Madison Finn"
- Fiona FrauenfeldGirl
character from the "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" series
- Fiona McIrishGirl
character from the "Sims" series
- Fiona WiddershinsGirl
character in A Series of Unfotunate Events: The Grim Grotto
- FionaGirl
"The Black Fairy" on TV's "Once Upon a Time"
- Fiona MayeGirl
High Court judge in the "The Children Act"