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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #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.

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 1944

girls
#452
257 births · 1 in 5,164 girls
boys
#2,633
8 births · 1 in 170,359 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #452Iva257

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #2,633Iva8
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 5,164 of them was named Iva, which outranked 91.4% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #449Lynette261
  2. #450Margarita260
  3. #451Elva258
  4. #452Iva257
  5. #452Jeannine257
  6. #454Katharine256
  7. #454Sybil256
  8. #456Cornelia255

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

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 170,359 of them was named Iva, which outranked 32.6% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iva
  1. #2,467Wm9
  2. #2,467Worley9
  3. #2,467Zannie9
  4. #2,633Iva8
  5. #2,633Abundio8
  6. #2,633Alonso8
  7. #2,633Amedeo8
  8. #2,862Abie7
  9. #2,862Acey7
  10. #2,862Alben7

Tied with 228 names at #2,633; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944