How Many People Are Named Ivy?
people named Ivy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,419 people in the US has this name
Based on 86,173 babies named Ivy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,367 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers. It is ultimately derived from Old English ifig.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ivy, 98.2% were girls and 1.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ivy rose from 85.4% in the 1880s to 99.6% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1930s, at 68%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ivy alive today is about 16 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ivy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 5,367 babies. In 2025, 5,124 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ivy never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #36, in 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 8 years, 2018 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #39.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #39 |
| Best rank | #36 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (2018 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #42 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ivy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ivy were born in California than in any other state: about 8,392 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ivy was given 2.1 times as often in Louisiana, 2.1 times in Utah and 1.9 times in North Dakota.
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