Baby Name Popularity Profile

Ivey

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Ivey.

✦ Ivy plant 🌍 English Nature
National Rank (2025) #926
All-Time Peak Rank #789 Achieved 2024
Total U.S. Births 4,917 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 2.2% Boy / 97.8% Girl Overwhelmingly Female
Boy Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Boy usage
First Recorded 1883 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 358 births in 2024
💡 The Ivey Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Ivy plant
Language Origin English
Origin Type single
Derived from the English word 'ivy', referring to the climbing plant.
Alternative Spellings
Ivy
Pronunciation: EYE-vee
Themes & Categories
Nature
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Ivey across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +104.3%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +139.0%
2015: 118 births 118 2016: 142 births 2017: 118 births 2018: 103 births 2019: 145 births 2020: 138 births 138 2021: 145 births 2022: 185 births 2023: 316 births 2024: 358 births 2025: 282 births 282
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 358 births in 2024
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 119 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 11
1890s: 52
1900s: 50
1910s: 138
1920s: 144
1930s: 97
1940s: 87
1950s: 174
1960s: 114
1970s: 151
1980s: 265
1990s: 506
2000s: 661
2010s: 1,043
2020s: 1,424

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Iv-ey
Letter Count 4 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 1.4% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 1.4% of SSA names. Starts with I, a letter used by only 1.7% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Georgia
Top States Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida
States with Data 25
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Georgia #355 613 2024 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #391 515 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #354 227 2016 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #449 122 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #1197 261 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #324 161 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #1015 225 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #378 49 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #570 33 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #603 35 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #758 27 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #1262 41 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #452 17 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #455 30 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #837 59 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #968 25 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #841 11 2025 Insufficient historical volume
California #1881 89 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas Unranked 9 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #1009 30 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Washington Unranked 12 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #1489 21 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland Unranked 5 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New York Unranked 23 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois Unranked 14 2023 Insufficient historical volume

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