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
#36
2024 · 5,343 births
Debut · girls
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956girlsat 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 1956

girls
#523
319 births · 1 in 6,294 girls
boys
#1,511
27 births · 1 in 78,345 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #523Ivy319

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #1,511Ivy27
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 6,294 of them was named Ivy, which outranked 92.4% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivy
  1. #518Ruthie327
  2. #521Lauri326
  3. #522Teena322
  4. #523Ivy319
  5. #523Fannie319
  6. #525Leesa318
  7. #526Elisabeth312
  8. #527Elsa309

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

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 78,345 of them was named Ivy, which outranked 66.1% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivy
  1. #1,480Tino28
  2. #1,480Tyree28
  3. #1,480Valentino28
  4. #1,511Ivy27
  5. #1,511Arther27
  6. #1,511Bailey27
  7. #1,511Carlis27
  8. #1,532Arley26
  9. #1,532Arvil26
  10. #1,532Auther26

Tied with 20 names at #1,511; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →