Meaning not yet researched.
Ivy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,117 in 2025. Its best rank was #36 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #36 in 2024; #39 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Ivy in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#39 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #36.
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Ivy: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,117 girls in 2025. Peak: #36 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 5,343 (2024).
In 2025, 5,117 US girls were named Ivy, making it the 39th most common girls’ name of the year, down 3 places from #36 in 2024. That is 226 fewer than the 5,343 girls named Ivy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #36, reached in 2024. That year also had the most girls given the name: 5,343. For comparison, it was #130 in 2015 and #670 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ivy in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 38 babies with the name. In all, 86,173 US babies have been given the name, 96% of them girls and 4.0% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 28,691 babies named Ivy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 41,158 US girls were named Ivy; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 5,343. In 2025 that was about 1 in 314 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ivy ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #8 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 49 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Eve (29,510 babies since 1880), Ivey (6,720 babies since 1880), Ivie (2,497 babies since 1880) and Evey (873 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Evy, Ivee and Ivi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Evy (1,346), Ivee (600), Ivi (125), Evvy (83), Ivvy (51), Ive (42), Ivia (17), Yve (15), Ivyy (5), Ivye (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ivy in the open dataset we use.
Ivy is listed as a nickname for Iva.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 67 | #8 | #135 |
| Nebraska | 58 | #8 | #106 |
| North Dakota | 29 | #9 | #88 |
| Maine | 36 | #10 | #114 |
| Utah | 124 | #11 | #46 |
| Kentucky | 124 | #12 | #100 |
| South Dakota | 29 | #13 | #79 |
| Louisiana | 98 | #14 | #145 |
| Alabama | 112 | #15 | #135 |
| Wisconsin | 124 | #15 | #108 |
| Iowa | 74 | #17 | #59 |
| Arkansas | 62 | #17 | #154 |
| Tennessee | 180 | #17 | #73 |
| Michigan | 182 | #18 | #123 |
| Missouri | 123 | #22 | #143 |
| West Virginia | 36 | #23 | #137 |
| Indiana | 129 | #24 | #118 |
| Alaska | 17 | #24 | #127 |
| Ohio | 228 | #25 | #131 |
| Oklahoma | 74 | #28 | #111 |
| Minnesota | 99 | #30 | #68 |
| North Carolina | 191 | #32 | #142 |
| Illinois | 181 | #35 | #138 |
| Virginia | 146 | #35 | #147 |
| Montana | 17 | #37 | #110 |
| Pennsylvania | 190 | #37 | #145 |
| Delaware | 14 | #39 | — |
| Arizona | 109 | #39 | #90 |
| Georgia | 156 | #40 | #159 |
| South Carolina | 79 | #41 | #126 |
| Nevada | 40 | #42 | #93 |
| Vermont | 9 | #42 | #50 |
| Colorado | 92 | #44 | #100 |
| Idaho | 35 | #44 | #67 |
| Washington | 107 | #47 | #102 |
| Oregon | 52 | #47 | #142 |
| Florida | 266 | #50 | #142 |
| Texas | 435 | #51 | #177 |
| Kansas | 44 | #55 | #116 |
| California | 450 | #57 | #128 |
| Maryland | 60 | #59 | #230 |
| Rhode Island | 12 | #61 | — |
| New Hampshire | 17 | #64 | #106 |
| New Jersey | 102 | #68 | #272 |
| New York | 177 | #77 | #160 |
| Massachusetts | 69 | #77 | #144 |
| New Mexico | 16 | #78 | #84 |
| Wyoming | 5 | #90 | #34 |
| Connecticut | 30 | #90 | #202 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #147 | — |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #166 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,117 | #39 | 7 | #10,087 |
| 2024 | 5,343 | #36 | 24 | #4,362 |
| 2023 | 5,060 | #38 | 23 | #4,518 |
| 2022 | 4,814 | #42 | 28 | #3,932 |
| 2021 | 4,396 | #49 | 21 | #4,689 |
| 2020 | 3,842 | #57 | 16 | #5,547 |
| 2019 | 3,692 | #67 | 12 | #6,940 |
| 2018 | 3,287 | #86 | 12 | #6,867 |
| 2017 | 2,783 | #108 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 2016 | 2,824 | #112 | 12 | #6,886 |
| 2015 | 2,507 | #130 | 12 | #6,831 |
| 2014 | 2,292 | #146 | 16 | #5,569 |
| 2013 | 2,101 | #149 | 14 | #6,039 |
| 2012 | 1,699 | #186 | 14 | #6,111 |
| 2011 | 1,217 | #263 | 6 | #11,392 |
| 2010 | 1,090 | #299 | 10 | #7,805 |
| 2009 | 1,021 | #320 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,122 | #299 | 13 | #6,551 |
| 2007 | 1,128 | #300 | 5 | #13,110 |
| 2006 | 985 | #335 | 12 | #6,625 |
| 2005 | 1,045 | #306 | 13 | #6,000 |
| 2004 | 803 | #386 | 12 | #6,282 |
| 2003 | 749 | #404 | 13 | #5,670 |
| 2002 | 721 | #404 | 8 | #7,942 |
| 2001 | 836 | #355 | 8 | #7,829 |
| 2000 | 880 | #352 | 6 | #9,557 |
| 1999 | 759 | #377 | 11 | #5,796 |
| 1998 | 728 | #383 | — | — |
| 1997 | 688 | #384 | 17 | #3,947 |
| 1996 | 646 | #406 | 13 | #4,713 |
| 1995 | 614 | #423 | 13 | #4,627 |
| 1994 | 482 | #517 | 18 | #3,662 |
| 1993 | 422 | #564 | 13 | #4,553 |
| 1992 | 286 | #740 | 5 | #8,959 |
| 1991 | 228 | #873 | 12 | #4,595 |
| 1990 | 266 | #769 | 19 | #3,226 |
| 1989 | 278 | #714 | 17 | #3,373 |
| 1988 | 305 | #645 | 5 | #7,743 |
| 1987 | 370 | #543 | 18 | #2,881 |
| 1986 | 370 | #550 | 12 | #3,729 |
| 1985 | 377 | #529 | 20 | #2,543 |
| 1984 | 259 | #667 | 10 | #4,037 |
| 1983 | 292 | #606 | 15 | #2,984 |
| 1982 | 293 | #614 | 18 | #2,633 |
| 1981 | 279 | #636 | 18 | #2,617 |
| 1980 | 282 | #646 | 15 | #3,008 |
| 1979 | 323 | #567 | 22 | #2,270 |
| 1978 | 266 | #629 | 12 | #3,287 |
| 1977 | 251 | #648 | 18 | #2,499 |
| 1976 | 206 | #709 | 21 | #2,199 |
| 1975 | 288 | #576 | 15 | #2,687 |
| 1974 | 264 | #599 | 17 | #2,396 |
| 1973 | 237 | #637 | 24 | #1,844 |
| 1972 | 270 | #593 | 24 | #1,844 |
| 1971 | 214 | #713 | 22 | #1,949 |
| 1970 | 254 | #648 | 29 | #1,592 |
| 1969 | 241 | #638 | 27 | #1,583 |
| 1968 | 193 | #701 | 26 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 134 | #881 | 12 | #2,407 |
| 1966 | 154 | #795 | 26 | #1,525 |
| 1965 | 198 | #701 | 21 | #1,749 |
| 1964 | 179 | #772 | 27 | #1,519 |
| 1963 | 176 | #781 | 32 | #1,387 |
| 1962 | 205 | #720 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1961 | 210 | #717 | 26 | #1,582 |
| 1960 | 273 | #604 | 28 | #1,537 |
| 1959 | 318 | #546 | 39 | #1,254 |
| 1958 | 332 | #530 | 42 | #1,195 |
| 1957 | 354 | #506 | 35 | #1,330 |
| 1956 | 319 | #524 | 27 | #1,520 |
| 1955 | 268 | #553 | 37 | #1,246 |
| 1954 | 194 | #666 | 37 | #1,234 |
| 1953 | 204 | #621 | 47 | #1,068 |
| 1952 | 197 | #629 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1951 | 165 | #681 | 48 | #1,030 |
| 1950 | 159 | #670 | 34 | #1,242 |
| 1949 | 129 | #760 | 30 | #1,331 |
| 1948 | 124 | #770 | 30 | #1,336 |
| 1947 | 119 | #800 | 37 | #1,200 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,092 | 40 | #1,104 |
| 1945 | 61 | #986 | 37 | #1,065 |
| 1944 | 61 | #996 | 39 | #1,063 |
| 1943 | 71 | #925 | 33 | #1,199 |
| 1942 | 71 | #933 | 38 | #1,111 |
| 1941 | 69 | #879 | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1940 | 66 | #882 | 22 | #1,451 |
| 1939 | 72 | #815 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1938 | 74 | #822 | 29 | #1,234 |
| 1937 | 69 | #827 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 1936 | 70 | #807 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 1935 | 71 | #808 | 43 | #974 |
| 1934 | 76 | #770 | 32 | #1,182 |
| 1933 | 87 | #699 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1932 | 80 | #756 | 49 | #931 |
| 1931 | 98 | #676 | 46 | #977 |
| 1930 | 94 | #720 | 51 | #952 |
| 1929 | 79 | #792 | 49 | #968 |
| 1928 | 89 | #756 | 48 | #999 |
| 1927 | 112 | #684 | 55 | #935 |
| 1926 | 121 | #656 | 51 | #959 |
| 1925 | 124 | #662 | 69 | #797 |
| 1924 | 125 | #665 | 54 | #955 |
| 1923 | 102 | #721 | 46 | #1,049 |
| 1922 | 142 | #611 | 51 | #994 |
| 1921 | 143 | #610 | 65 | #858 |
| 1920 | 142 | #602 | 53 | #954 |
| 1919 | 147 | #571 | 53 | #922 |
| 1918 | 159 | #564 | 64 | #821 |
| 1917 | 154 | #541 | 60 | #827 |
| 1916 | 188 | #464 | 61 | #795 |
| 1915 | 162 | #484 | 58 | #798 |
| 1914 | 128 | #491 | 52 | #728 |
| 1913 | 106 | #496 | 27 | #957 |
| 1912 | 111 | #449 | 35 | #726 |
| 1911 | 87 | #436 | 11 | #1,081 |
| 1910 | 72 | #475 | 23 | #608 |
| 1909 | 69 | #450 | 15 | #735 |
| 1908 | 67 | #442 | 16 | #670 |
| 1907 | 70 | #428 | 13 | #759 |
| 1906 | 64 | #431 | 8 | #966 |
| 1905 | 75 | #390 | 9 | #874 |
| 1904 | 70 | #394 | 12 | #706 |
| 1903 | 66 | #390 | 9 | #818 |
| 1902 | 76 | #367 | 10 | #772 |
| 1901 | 68 | #366 | 14 | #545 |
| 1900 | 76 | #383 | 19 | #569 |
| 1899 | 67 | #358 | 6 | #990 |
| 1898 | 85 | #338 | 11 | #685 |
| 1897 | 89 | #309 | 15 | #532 |
| 1896 | 78 | #331 | 10 | #754 |
| 1895 | 75 | #332 | 18 | #482 |
| 1894 | 83 | #304 | 10 | #699 |
| 1893 | 83 | #295 | 12 | #591 |
| 1892 | 76 | #312 | 18 | #469 |
| 1891 | 62 | #320 | 9 | #671 |
| 1890 | 66 | #311 | 8 | #783 |
| 1889 | 61 | #313 | 10 | #650 |
| 1888 | 72 | #273 | 9 | #727 |
| 1887 | 56 | #285 | 10 | #611 |
| 1886 | 61 | #267 | 15 | #484 |
| 1885 | 50 | #282 | — | — |
| 1884 | 47 | #282 | 8 | #730 |
| 1883 | 44 | #271 | 7 | #764 |
| 1882 | 46 | #258 | 9 | #672 |
| 1881 | 38 | #264 | 14 | #471 |
| 1880 | 33 | #273 | 5 | #987 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).