Ivy

#39 for girls in 2025, 5,117 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 96.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 5,343 births
Debut · girls
33 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
82,713
since 1880

Ivy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906girlsat peak
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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#395,117#9,7147
2024#365,343#4,32124
2023#385,060#4,45623
2022#414,814#3,87928
2021#494,396#4,62821
2020#573,842#5,45116
2019#673,692#6,77712
2018#863,287#6,70312
2017#1082,783#6,33813
2016#1122,824#6,72612
2015#1302,507#6,67612
2014#1462,292#5,48516
2013#1492,101#5,92314
2012#1861,699#6,00114
2011#2631,217#10,8086
2010#2991,090#7,59110
2009#3201,021
2008#2991,122#6,39313
2007#3001,128#12,3675
2006#335985#6,46012
2005#3061,045#5,87513
2004#386803#6,13812
2003#404749#5,55813
2002#404721#7,6438
2001#355836#7,5368
2000#351880#9,1126
1999#377759#5,65611
1998#383728
1997#384688#3,87717
1996#406646#4,61313
1995#423614#4,50813
1994#517482#3,59618
1993#564422#4,44713
1992#739286#8,4355
1991#872228#4,47612
1990#769266#3,16619
1989#713278#3,32517
1988#645305#7,2705
1987#543370#2,83818
1986#548370#3,65312
1985#529377#2,50420
1984#667259#3,92510
1983#606292#2,91215
1982#614293#2,59618
1981#636279#2,56918
1980#646282#2,96515
1979#567323#2,23622
1978#629266#3,21512
1977#648251#2,45818
1976#709206#2,17721
1975#576288#2,63715
1974#598264#2,35817
1973#637237#1,81724
1972#593270#1,81924
1971#713214#1,91622
1970#648254#1,58229
1969#637241#1,57027
1968#699193#1,54426
1967#880134#2,35212
1966#794154#1,51026
1965#700198#1,72021
1964#772179#1,51027
1963#780176#1,37532
1962#720205#1,58825
1961#715210#1,57026
1960#604273#1,52328
1959#545318#1,24739
1958#529332#1,18642
1957#506354#1,31835
1956#523319#1,51127
1955#553268#1,24037
1954#663194#1,22737
1953#621204#1,05847
1952#627197#1,34731
1951#680165#1,01748
1950#670159#1,23234
1949#757129#1,32230
1948#768124#1,32330
1947#797119#1,19037
1946#1,08761#1,09440
1945#98461#1,05637
1944#99361#1,05539
1943#92271#1,18733
1942#92871#1,11038
1941#87669#1,05138
1940#87966#1,43322
1939#81172#1,10334
1938#82174#1,22129
1937#82469#1,21230
1936#80670#1,27127
1935#80571#96943
1934#76876#1,17332
1933#69887#1,18131
1932#75480#92449
1931#67398#97446
1930#71794#94451
1929#78979#96049
1928#75689#99248
1927#683112#92455
1926#655121#95551
1925#661124#79369
1924#663125#95254
1923#721102#1,04146
1922#609142#99151
1921#608143#85665
1920#602142#94753
1919#569147#91853
1918#563159#81864
1917#539154#82260
1916#464188#79061
1915#484162#79158
1914#490128#72452
1913#495106#95027
1912#447111#72535
1911#43587#1,03811
1910#47272#59823
1909#44569#71415
1908#44067#65716
1907#42770#73513
1906#42864#9278
1905#38975#8369
1904#39370#68612
1903#39066#7839
1902#36776#74410
1901#36468#53614
1900#38176#55519
1899#35867#9286
1898#33885#66311
1897#30889#51515
1896#33178#72210
1895#33075#47618
1894#30183#66810
1893#29583#57212
1892#31176#45818
1891#32062#6359
1890#31066#7398
1889#31261#62810
1888#27372#7049
1887#28556#58310
1886#26561#47015
1885#28050
1884#28247#7018
1883#27044#7207
1882#25746#6529
1881#26238#46014
1880#27133#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ivy was already there! It came in at #271, and was given to 33 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 48 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ivy
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#36#39)
  • 18 spots since 2020 (#57#39)
  • 91 spots since 2015 (#130#39)
  • Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1947 (#1,087#797)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1976 (#576#709)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #36 (5,343 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1947–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 303
  • Highest: 1 in 303 girls born in 2024 were named Ivy (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 314 girls born in 2025 (0.32%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 34.5% of all girls named Ivy (28,572) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s508#257 (1882)#276
1890s764#295 (1893)#320
1900s701#364 (1901)#402
1910s1,314#435 (1911)#496
1920s1,179#602 (1920)#675
1930s791#673 (1931)#768
1940s832#757 (1949)#899
1950s2,510#506 (1957)#592
1960s1,963#604 (1960)#730
1970s2,573#567 (1979)#632
1980s3,105#529 (1985)#615
1990s5,119#377 (1999)#543
2000s9,290#299 (2008)#346
2010s23,492#67 (2019)#155
2020s28,572#36 (2024)#43

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.

Ivy in 1906

girls
#428
64 births · 1 in 4,614 girls
boys
#927
8 births · 1 in 16,644 boys

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #428Ivy64

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #927Ivy8
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 4,614 of them was named Ivy, which outranked 80.7% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivy
  1. #423Hortense65
  2. #423Ramona65
  3. #423Verona65
  4. #428Ivy64
  5. #428Clyde64
  6. #428Concetta64
  7. #428Elda64
  8. #435Loraine63
  9. #435Una63
  10. #437Ava62

Tied with 6 names at #428; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 1,036Lavera#1,931#895
  2. 1,014Luberta#1,931#917
  3. 1,014Williemae#1,931#917
  4. 851Evelyne#1,696#845
  5. 851Gregoria#1,696#845
Fallers
  1. 1,126Dulcie#825#1,951
  2. 1,051Zelpha#900#1,951
  3. 930Sydney#797#1,727
  4. 855Lester#872#1,727
  5. 801Alvira#926#1,727

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

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 16,644 of them was named Ivy, which outranked 34.4% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivy
  1. #852West9
  2. #852Wheeler9
  3. #852Winthrop9
  4. #927Ivy8
  5. #927Addie8
  6. #927Adolfo8
  7. #927Agnes8
  8. #1,004Addison7
  9. #1,004Alberta7
  10. #1,004Alcide7

Tied with 76 names at #927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 665Sheldon#1,233#568
  2. 568Rudy#1,091#523
  3. 530Mac#1,002#472
  4. 524Llewellyn#1,233#709
  5. 524Casey#1,233#709
Fallers
  1. 661Price#592#1,253
  2. 617Foy#636#1,253
  3. 587Benton#666#1,253
  4. 554Cruz#699#1,253
  5. 554Larkin#699#1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906