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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #111, 1894girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #351 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,253 girlsMNIllinois: #444 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,969 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedWIMichigan: #346 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,149 girlsMINew York: #532 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,466 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #202 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,734 girlsIAIndiana: #351 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,232 girlsINOhio: #309 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,600 girlsOHPennsylvania: #385 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,561 girlsPANew Jersey: #324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,156 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedNEMissouri: #250 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,915 girlsMOKentucky: #204 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,149 girlsKYWest Virginia: #231 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,564 girlsWVVirginia: #213 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,324 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: #191 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,230 girlsKSArkansas: #226 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,137 girlsARTennessee: #182 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 970 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #277 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,939 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #236 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,410 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #153 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 770 girlsOKLouisiana: #438 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,766 girlsLAMississippi: #290 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,837 girlsMSAlabama: #286 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,024 girlsALGeorgia: #264 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,638 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedHITexas: #272 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,500 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Iva, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#153 · 1 in 770
  2. Tennessee#182 · 1 in 970
  3. Kansas#191 · 1 in 1,230
  4. Iowa#202 · 1 in 1,734
  5. Kentucky#204 · 1 in 1,149

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#153261 in 770
Tennessee#182281 in 970
Kansas#191101 in 1,230
Iowa#202111 in 1,734
Kentucky#204241 in 1,149
Virginia#213181 in 1,324
Arkansas#226161 in 1,137
West Virginia#231121 in 1,564
South Carolina#236151 in 1,410
Missouri#250141 in 1,915
Georgia#264191 in 1,638
Texas#272381 in 1,500
North Carolina#277191 in 1,939
Alabama#286141 in 2,024
Mississippi#290121 in 1,837
Ohio#309141 in 3,600
New Jersey#32461 in 4,156
Michigan#346101 in 4,149
Indiana#35161 in 4,232
Minnesota#35151 in 4,253
Pennsylvania#385131 in 5,561
Louisiana#43861 in 3,766
Illinois#44491 in 5,969
New York#53291 in 9,466
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
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Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
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Idaho
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Massachusetts
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
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North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
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 1939

girls
#310
395 births · 1 in 2,776 girls
boys
#2,449
9 births · 1 in 122,984 boys

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #310Iva395

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #2,449Iva9
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 2,776 of them was named Iva, which outranked 93.7% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #307Etta408
  2. #307Imogene408
  3. #309Dorthy401
  4. #310Iva395
  5. #311Jewel392
  6. #312Bonita391
  7. #313Joanna390
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 880April#1,805#925
  2. 865Karel#1,703#838
  3. 725Hedy#1,650#925
  4. 722Vivien#1,703#981
  5. 709Karon#1,547#838
Fallers
  1. 712Eulalia#972#1,684
  2. 446Shelvia#955#1,401
  3. 358Naoma#992#1,350
  4. 304Imelda#890#1,194
  5. 279Helaine#870#1,149

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

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 122,984 of them was named Iva, which outranked 38.3% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #2,288Wray10
  2. #2,288Zeno10
  3. #2,288Zollie10
  4. #2,449Iva9
  5. #2,449Adin9
  6. #2,449Akira9
  7. #2,449Alferd9
  8. #2,609Abran8
  9. #2,609Adrien8
  10. #2,609Aime8

Tied with 159 names at #2,449; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 463Alfonzo#1,439#976
  2. 447Rod#1,439#992
  3. 443Estel#1,397#954
  4. 422Cameron#1,364#942
  5. 421Turner#1,337#916
Fallers
  1. 518Gonzalo#779#1,297
  2. 497Judge#992#1,489
  3. 396Melville#963#1,359
  4. 355Agustin#883#1,238
  5. 351Antone#921#1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939