Ivey

#925 for girls in 2025, 282 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 73.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 358 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,917
since 1883

Ivey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #635, 1891girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#925282
2024#787358
2023#849316#12,2395
2022#1,285185#10,8636
2021#1,476145#12,1465
2020#1,533138
2019#1,502145
2018#1,925103#9,6707
2017#1,770118
2016#1,567142
2015#1,770118#9,5687
2014#2,15488#10,7176
2013#1,807113#9,6557
2012#2,16087
2011#2,66466#9,6007
2010#2,78163#10,7666
2009#2,73066
2008#2,69068
2007#2,82264#10,9216
2006#2,53872
2005#2,55367
2004#2,67961
2003#2,49765
2002#2,49763
2001#2,43864#7,5368
2000#2,21371#7,4168
1999#2,11572
1998#2,37059
1997#2,04569#7,2817
1996#2,05867#7,1367
1995#2,00668#7,7926
1994#2,58548
1993#3,15836#6,2288
1992#3,34333
1991#4,65021
1990#3,29733#6,4157
1989#3,78426#4,81110
1988#3,69025#6,4266
1987#3,52425#4,5739
1986#3,05430#5,9266
1985#3,51724#5,7856
1984#3,52723#5,5616
1983#3,34024#3,07114
1982#2,77033#3,69211
1981#3,06628#4,1539
1980#3,13427#3,43012
1979#3,66821#6,0565
1978#3,38822#4,1578
1977#4,94213#4,1648
1976#4,15415#4,0128
1975#6,4848#3,9418
1974#4,22714#3,12011
1973#5,19110#2,60614
1972#4,30013#2,65913
1971#3,78916#2,97311
1970#3,31119#2,50914
1969#3,61915#2,04617
1968#4,22211#2,10915
1967#3,84512#2,61110
1966#3,95911#2,32712
1965#5,2897#1,98716
1964#5,0088#1,90018
1963#4,01911#2,20014
1962#4,01111#2,18614
1961#4,00911#1,87619
1960#2,98917#1,58126
1959#2,33924#1,70922
1958#3,08515#1,64423
1957#2,27624#1,54726
1956#2,38922#1,64223
1955#2,41121#1,68221
1954#2,88915#1,52525
1953#2,59517#1,76519
1952#3,7969#1,37830
1951#2,69415#1,68320
1950#3,05212#1,65720
1949#3,8928#1,40927
1948#3,5939#1,88116
1947#5,2955#1,51924
1946#4,9605#1,32728
1945#3,1329#1,44521
1944#4,5745#1,73816
1943#2,86111#1,48622
1942#2,53713#1,26830
1941#3,5597#1,68517
1940#2,10915#1,39723
1939#3,7826#1,29726
1938#3,4507#1,36424
1937#3,4347#1,52820
1936#2,15314#1,41722
1935#2,57511#1,53820
1934#2,28913#1,42523
1933#2,16114#1,40523
1932#2,83110#1,32427
1931#3,8486#1,77017
1930#3,0559#1,33029
1929#4,0536#1,61121
1928#3,4368#1,29331
1927#1,82822#1,46826
1926#2,47414#1,66121
1925#2,19117#1,53424
1924#1,92621#1,67522
1923#2,91711#1,55124
1922#2,29116#1,24234
1921#2,63313#1,22635
1920#2,26316#1,34829
1919#2,38414#1,53123
1918#1,88720#1,12437
1917#2,10016#1,07838
1916#1,94917#1,26528
1915#2,25513#1,12433
1914#1,81814#1,30021
1913#2,03410#99525
1912#1,42115#1,26814
1911#1,9567#98212
1910#1,33512#92812
1909#1,9576#1,4405
1908#1,6767#77912
1907#1,3849#86610
1906#1,0047
1905#1,0916
1904#1,09211#9667
1903#1,13710
1902#1,4387
1901#9436
1900#9688
1899#1,3946#1,0515
1898#1,5026#1,0026
1897#98211
1896#1,5835#8268
1895#1,4266#7389
1894#7878
1893#8367
1892#1,2786#7489
1891#1,0937#6359
1890#1,3385
1889
1888#1,1366
1887
1886#9595
1885#8366
1884
1883#9205
1882
1881#7816
1880#7457
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Ivey! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ivey
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 138 spots since 2024 (#787#925)
  • 608 spots since 2020 (#1,533#925)
  • 845 spots since 2015 (#1,770#925)
  • Biggest jump: 601 spots in 1897 (#1,583#982)
  • Biggest drop: 520 spots in 1898 (#982#1,502)
Rise & fade · girls
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 2024 at #787 (358 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2023–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,526
  • Highest: 1 in 4,526 girls born in 2024 were named Ivey (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,700 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Ivey (1,424) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1974
  • Mostly boys until 1973, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#920 (1883)#1,028
1890s52#982 (1897)#1,325
1900s50#1,092 (1904)#1,447
1910s138#1,335 (1910)#1,914
1920s144#1,828 (1927)#2,601
1930s97#2,153 (1936)#2,958
1940s87#2,109 (1940)#3,651
1950s174#2,276 (1957)#2,753
1960s114#2,989 (1960)#4,097
1970s151#3,311 (1970)#4,345
1980s265#2,770 (1982)#3,341
1990s506#2,006 (1995)#2,763
2000s661#2,213 (2000)#2,566
2010s1,043#1,502 (2019)#2,010
2020s1,424#787 (2024)#1,143

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.

Ivey in 1881

boys
#781
6 births · 1 in 16,789 boys

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #781Ivey6
More about 1881

boys

100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 16,789 of them was named Ivey, which outranked 21.6% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivey
  1. #706Williams7
  2. #706Worth7
  3. #706York7
  4. #781Ivey6
  5. #781Acie6
  6. #781Alden6
  7. #781Alfonso6
  8. #866Adrien5
  9. #866Albin5
  10. #866Alf5

Tied with 84 names at #781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 491Noble#809#318
  2. 449Ivy#909#460
  3. 449Buck#909#460
  4. 376Chin#909#533
  5. 376Ransom#909#533
Fallers
  1. 431Neil#350#781
  2. 378Alvah#403#781
  3. 361Webster#505#866
  4. 356Melville#425#781
  5. 316Hector#465#781

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

See the top 100 for 1881