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
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 424 births
- Debut · girls
- 127 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,397since 1880
Iva over time
Rank among girls' names. Iva has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,733 | 117 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,178 | 87 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,002 | 98 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,793 | 114 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,667 | 125 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,860 | 104 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,913 | 104 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,852 | 109 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,693 | 126 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,972 | 101 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,049 | 95 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,326 | 79 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,866 | 60 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,909 | 59 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,870 | 60 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,568 | 72 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,222 | 52 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,969 | 54 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,572 | 39 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,604 | 61 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,622 | 56 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 74 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,572 | 57 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,387 | 65 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,135 | 87 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,119 | 96 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,073 | 101 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #1,008 | 113 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #879 | 147 | — | |
| 1960 | #904 | 136 | — | |
| 1959 | #854 | 143 | — | |
| 1958 | #837 | 148 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #744 | 180 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #680 | 198 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #675 | 193 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #637 | 206 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #622 | 203 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #606 | 206 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #588 | 213 | — | |
| 1950 | #576 | 210 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #548 | 234 | — | |
| 1948 | #524 | 248 | — | |
| 1947 | #505 | 267 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #506 | 240 | — | |
| 1945 | #447 | 252 | — | |
| 1944 | #452 | 257 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #435 | 287 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #389 | 334 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #391 | 310 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #328 | 378 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #310 | 395 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #326 | 373 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #305 | 411 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #286 | 446 | — | |
| 1935 | #283 | 459 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #273 | 505 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #266 | 533 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #269 | 542 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #272 | 524 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #254 | 605 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #246 | 648 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #250 | 643 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #247 | 700 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #247 | 711 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #245 | 732 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #239 | 763 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #236 | 760 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #234 | 761 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #231 | 785 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #222 | 861 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #213 | 861 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #212 | 889 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #206 | 855 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #206 | 844 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #190 | 878 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #207 | 618 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #191 | 577 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #179 | 550 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #180 | 397 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #168 | 406 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #162 | 401 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #160 | 418 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #158 | 401 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #149 | 400 | — | |
| 1905 | #142 | 422 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #138 | 424 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #139 | 398 | — | |
| 1902 | #127 | 438 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #120 | 427 | — | |
| 1900 | #131 | 483 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #112 | 432 | — | |
| 1898 | #119 | 451 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #114 | 454 | — | |
| 1896 | #112 | 434 | — | |
| 1895 | #113 | 435 | — | |
| 1894 | #111 | 424 | — | |
| 1893 | #116 | 384 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #114 | 394 | — | |
| 1891 | #116 | 341 | — | |
| 1890 | #113 | 354 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #117 | 321 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #122 | 302 | — | |
| 1887 | #119 | 253 | — | |
| 1886 | #120 | 237 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #116 | 229 | — | |
| 1884 | #119 | 213 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #123 | 170 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #133 | 134 | — | |
| 1881 | #130 | 122 | — | |
| 1880 | #128 | 127 | — | |
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.
See more about Iva
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #111 (424 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1961
- 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
- 19.2% of all girls named Iva (7,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,108 | #116 (1885) | #123 |
| 1890s | 4,103 | #111 (1894) | #114 |
| 1900s | 4,212 | #120 (1901) | #143 |
| 1910s | 6,875 | #168 (1910) | #195 |
| 1920s | 7,364 | #222 (1920) | #240 |
| 1930s | 4,793 | #254 (1930) | #284 |
| 1940s | 2,807 | #328 (1940) | #453 |
| 1950s | 1,900 | #576 (1950) | #682 |
| 1960s | 979 | #879 (1961) | #1,133 |
| 1970s | 576 | #1,389 (1970) | #1,715 |
| 1980s | 368 | #2,218 (1980) | #2,672 |
| 1990s | 308 | #2,738 (1991) | #3,656 |
| 2000s | 449 | #2,568 (2009) | #3,447 |
| 2010s | 910 | #1,693 (2016) | #2,223 |
| 2020s | 645 | #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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 1,121 of them was named Iva, which outranked 96.2% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 84,858 of them was named Iva, which outranked 44.0% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,310Wilmont11
- #2,310Yoshito11
- #2,310Zeke11
- #2,458Iva10
- #2,458Abelardo10
- #2,458Achilles10
- #2,458Ah10
- #2,621Ada9
- #2,621Alanson9
- #2,621Albertus9
Tied with 162 names at #2,458; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.