Fiona is a distinctive choice, ranked #1362 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Fiona in their class.
💎
UK Rank 2025
#1362
US Rank #470
Ad
About the Name Fiona
Fiona has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 139 places in five years. It was most popular in 1996 at #157 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Fiona is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Fiona in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #406, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Fiona
Fiona Button — Fiona Button is an English actress.
Fiona Dolman — Fiona Dolman is a Scottish actress known for playing Miss Pamela Andrews in the ITV 2008 daytime drama series and spinoff to The Royal, The Royal Today, and Sarah Barnaby in Midsomer Murders.
Fiona Shackleton — Fiona Sara Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, is an English solicitor and Conservative politician, who has represented members of the British royal family and celebrities, including Paul McCartney, Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Princess…
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Fiona
Unlikely. With around 23 UK babies named Fiona per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Fiona in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Fiona has been fairly steady, ranked #1,362 in 2025 against #1,267 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #157 in 1996.
Fiona is more popular in the US (#406) than in the UK (#1406). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Fiona include: Fiona Button, Fiona Dolman and Fiona Shackleton. Short summaries for each appear below.
Fiona appears in the US top 500 at #406 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
23
UK babies named Fiona (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 95 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Fiona
Almost certainly the only Fiona in the class
Ad
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Fiona
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Fiona Dolman is a Scottish actress known for playing Miss Pamela Andrews in the ITV 2008 daytime drama series and spinoff to The Royal, The Royal Today, and Sarah Barnaby in Midsomer Murders.
Fiona Sara Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, is an English solicitor and Conservative politician, who has represented members of the British royal family and celebrities, including Paul McCartney, Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Princess Haya bint Hussein, and Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer.
Fiona Eileen Flanagan, known professionally as Fiona, is an American rock singer and actress, best known as the love interest in the 1987 Bob Dylan vehicle Hearts of Fire.