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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #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 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedAKMaine: #215 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,334 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedNHWashington: #226 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,653 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #191 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,094 girlsNDMinnesota: #268 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,290 girlsMNIllinois: #244 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,196 girlsILWisconsin: #204 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,658 girlsWIMichigan: #184 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,324 girlsMINew York: #366 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,536 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedRIOregon: #154 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 753 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedSDIowa: #141 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 713 girlsIAIndiana: #231 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,925 girlsINOhio: #254 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,334 girlsOHPennsylvania: #254 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,750 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #425 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,265 girlsCAUtah: #179 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 725 girlsUTColorado: #239 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,498 girlsCONebraska: #178 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,023 girlsNEMissouri: #152 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 777 girlsMOKentucky: #142 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 655 girlsKYWest Virginia: #155 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 828 girlsWVVirginia: #177 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,087 girlsVAMaryland: #201 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,448 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedNMKansas: #190 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsKSArkansas: #119 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 475 girlsARTennessee: #157 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 694 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #226 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,510 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #218 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,481 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #126 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 551 girlsOKLouisiana: #376 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,875 girlsLAMississippi: #183 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 933 girlsMSAlabama: #201 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,114 girlsALGeorgia: #367 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,444 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedHITexas: #216 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,004 girlsTXFlorida: #205 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,076 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#119 · 1 in 475
  2. Oklahoma#126 · 1 in 551
  3. Iowa#141 · 1 in 713
  4. Kentucky#142 · 1 in 655
  5. Missouri#152 · 1 in 777

Best ever in a state: #67 in West Virginia, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#119431 in 475
Oklahoma#126461 in 551
Iowa#141301 in 713
Kentucky#142461 in 655
Missouri#152401 in 777
Oregon#15481 in 753
West Virginia#155251 in 828
Tennessee#157411 in 694
Virginia#177261 in 1,087
Nebraska#178121 in 1,023
Utah#17971 in 725
Mississippi#183241 in 933
Michigan#184291 in 1,324
Kansas#190161 in 1,039
North Dakota#19161 in 1,094
Alabama#201281 in 1,114
Maryland#201101 in 1,448
Wisconsin#204151 in 1,658
Florida#205111 in 1,076
Maine#21551 in 1,334
Texas#216581 in 1,004
South Carolina#218161 in 1,481
North Carolina#226261 in 1,510
Washington#22661 in 1,653
Indiana#231141 in 1,925
Colorado#23961 in 1,498
Illinois#244271 in 2,196
Ohio#254241 in 2,334
Pennsylvania#254351 in 2,750
Minnesota#268101 in 2,290
New York#366181 in 5,536
Georgia#367101 in 3,444
Louisiana#37681 in 2,875
California#42581 in 4,265
Alaska
Arizona
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Idaho
Massachusetts
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1923

girls
#236
760 births · 1 in 1,587 girls
boys
#2,020
16 births · 1 in 68,506 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #236Iva760

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #2,020Iva16
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 1,587 of them was named Iva, which outranked 95.9% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #233Janice787
  2. #234Cecelia786
  3. #235Effie779
  4. #236Iva760
  5. #237Addie756
  6. #238Cecilia742
  7. #238Etta742
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 68,506 of them was named Iva, which outranked 58.8% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #1,941Welford17
  2. #1,941Weyman17
  3. #1,941Willy17
  4. #2,020Iva16
  5. #2,020Abbott16
  6. #2,020Ace16
  7. #2,020Achilles16
  8. #2,123Aime15
  9. #2,123Alto15
  10. #2,123Armstead15

Tied with 102 names at #2,020; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923