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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Iva has never cracked the top 100 here.
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.
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 | — | |
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
| 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 1948
girls
#524
248 births · 1 in 6,846 girls
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 6,846 of them was named Iva, which outranked 91.3% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).