Iva

#1,733 for girls in 2025, 117 births · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523
Given to girls 98.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1894 · 424 births
Debut · girls
127 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
38,397
since 1880

Iva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Iva has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #111, 1894girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,733117—
2024#2,17887—
2023#2,00298—
2022#1,793114—
2021#1,667125—
2020#1,860104—
2019#1,913104—
2018#1,852109—
2017#1,779117—
2016#1,693126—
2015#1,972101—
2014#2,04995—
2013#2,32679—
2012#2,86660—
2011#2,90959—
2010#2,87060—
2009#2,56872—
2008#3,22252—
2007#3,72143—
2006#3,41447—
2005#2,96954—
2004#3,49042—
2003#4,03433—
2002#3,97832—
2001#3,54937—
2000#3,52737—
1999#4,31326—
1998#3,30137—
1997#3,71630—
1996#3,63230—
1995#4,21724—
1994#4,11525—
1993#3,50631—
1992#3,86627—
1991#2,73843—
1990#3,15635—
1989#2,93137—
1988#2,44744—
1987#2,57239—
1986#2,62037—
1985#2,93931#6,5235
1984#3,42324—
1983#2,39839—
1982#2,45139—
1981#2,72333—
1980#2,21845—
1979#2,11247—
1978#2,05046—
1977#1,80156—
1976#1,96845—
1975#1,60461#4,7976
1974#1,64656—
1973#1,62256—
1972#1,54160—
1971#1,41574—
1970#1,38975—
1969#1,57257—
1968#1,38765—
1967#1,22775—
1966#1,022102—
1965#1,13587—
1964#1,11996—
1963#1,073101#3,3187
1962#1,008113#4,0335
1961#879147—
1960#904136—
1959#854143—
1958#837148#3,5596
1957#744180#3,9935
1956#680198#3,5356
1955#675193#3,8865
1954#637206#3,1767
1953#622203#2,9058
1952#606206#2,6809
1951#588213—
1950#576210#3,0217
1949#548234—
1948#524248—
1947#505267#3,7335
1946#506240—
1945#447252—
1944#452257#2,6338
1943#435287#2,5639
1942#389334#3,5605
1941#391310#2,6568
1940#328378#2,32210
1939#310395#2,4499
1938#326373#2,18511
1937#305411#2,6808
1936#286446—
1935#283459#1,75716
1934#273505#3,6795
1933#266533#1,77016
1932#269542#2,6389
1931#272524#2,47110
1930#254605#2,17813
1929#246648#1,79318
1928#250643#1,90217
1927#247700#2,40812
1926#247711#2,43612
1925#245732#2,31313
1924#239763#2,34713
1923#236760#2,02016
1922#234761#2,04016
1921#231785#2,15215
1920#222861#2,05216
1919#213861#2,26513
1918#212889#1,90517
1917#206855#1,81517
1916#206844#1,94915
1915#190878#2,45810
1914#207618#2,10110
1913#191577#2,4966
1912#179550#2,5445
1911#180397#1,3877
1910#168406#1,1938
1909#162401#1,0838
1908#160418#1,3735
1907#158401#1,0947
1906#149400—
1905#142422#1,0916
1904#138424#1,0646
1903#139398—
1902#127438#1,1375
1901#120427—
1900#131483#9688
1899#112432—
1898#119451#8048
1897#114454—
1896#112434—
1895#113435—
1894#111424—
1893#116384#7688
1892#114394—
1891#116341—
1890#113354#9945
1889#117321#7897
1888#122302—
1887#119253—
1886#120237#9595
1885#116229—
1884#119213#7647
1883#123170#8925
1882#133134—
1881#130122—
1880#128127—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Iva was already there! It came in at #128, and was given to 127 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 32 girls a year got the name.

Where Iva is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Iva
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 445 spots since 2024 (#2,178 → #1,733)
  • 127 spots since 2020 (#1,860 → #1,733)
  • 239 spots since 2015 (#1,972 → #1,733)
  • Biggest jump: 25 spots in 1961 (#904 → #879)
  • Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1962 (#879 → #1,008)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #111 (424 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 516
  • Highest: 1 in 516 girls born in 1897 were named Iva (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,737 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #111 in 1894, was only 1 in 526 (0.19%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.2% of all girls named Iva (7,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,108#116 (1885)#123
1890s4,103#111 (1894)#114
1900s4,212#120 (1901)#143
1910s6,875#168 (1910)#195
1920s7,364#222 (1920)#240
1930s4,793#254 (1930)#284
1940s2,807#328 (1940)#453
1950s1,900#576 (1950)#682
1960s979#879 (1961)#1,133
1970s576#1,389 (1970)#1,715
1980s368#2,218 (1980)#2,672
1990s308#2,738 (1991)#3,656
2000s449#2,568 (2009)#3,447
2010s910#1,693 (2016)#2,223
2020s645#1,667 (2021)#1,872

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Iva in 1886

girls
#120
237 births · 1 in 610 girls
boys
#959
5 births · 1 in 22,157 boys

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #120Iva237

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #959Iva5
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 610 of them was named Iva, which outranked 90.6% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #117Sara247
  2. #118Estella246
  3. #119Nina238
  4. #120Iva237
  5. #120Augusta237
  6. #122Dorothy230
  7. #122Lela230
  8. #124Ann229

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Iva, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #845Vivian6
  2. #845Wayland6
  3. #845Wells6
  4. #959Iva5
  5. #959Acey5
  6. #959Adelbert5
  7. #959Alan5

Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →