Baby Name Popularity Profile

Ivy

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

✦ Climbing evergreen plant 🌍 English Nature Traditional
National Rank (2025) #39
All-Time Peak Rank #36 Achieved 2024
Total U.S. Births 82,713 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 0.5% Boy / 99.5% Girl Overwhelmingly Female
Boy Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Boy usage
First Recorded 1880 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 5,343 births in 2024
πŸ’‘ The Ivy Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Climbing evergreen plant
Language Origin English
Origin Type single
Derived from the Old English word 'Δ«fig', referring to the climbing plant.
Pronunciation: EYE-vee
Themes & Categories
Nature Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

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

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +33.2%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +104.1%
2015: 2,507 births 2,507 2016: 2,824 births 2017: 2,783 births 2018: 3,287 births 2019: 3,692 births 2020: 3,842 births 3,842 2021: 4,396 births 2022: 4,814 births 2023: 5,060 births 2024: 5,343 births 2025: 5,117 births 5,117
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 5,343 births in 2024
Years in Top 100 8 yrs
Years in Top 500 68 yrs
Longest Streak 146 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 508
1890s: 764
1900s: 701
1910s: 1,314
1920s: 1,179
1930s: 791
1940s: 832
1950s: 2,510
1960s: 1,963
1970s: 2,573
1980s: 3,105
1990s: 5,119
2000s: 9,290
2010s: 23,492
2020s: 28,572

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables I-vy
Letter Count 3 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 0.2% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 0.2% of SSA names. Starts with I, a letter used by only 1.7% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Utah
Top States Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Utah #11 1,887 2024 +19.2% Growth
Nevada #42 598 2024 7.0% Decline
Arizona #39 1,734 2022 +2.8% Growth
Idaho #44 560 2023 10.3% Decline
Colorado #44 1,469 2024 +76.9% Growth
Washington #47 1,752 2024 +17.6% Growth
Florida #50 3,505 2024 +42.2% Growth
Tennessee #17 2,105 2025 +51.3% Growth
North Dakota #9 335 2024 +11.5% Growth
Oregon #47 856 2020 5.5% Decline
Alaska #24 129 2025 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #32 2,654 2024 +40.4% Growth
Georgia #40 2,567 2023 +33.3% Growth
Montana #37 274 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #30 1,654 2020 16.1% Decline
Louisiana #14 1,617 2023 +27.3% Growth
California #57 8,630 2023 +19.4% Growth
South Dakota #13 290 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #35 1,925 2025 +108.6% Growth
Maine #10 372 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #51 6,333 2024 +35.1% Growth
Wisconsin #15 1,603 2023 +20.4% Growth
South Carolina #41 1,147 2024 3.7% Decline
Oklahoma #28 1,037 2024 +4.2% Growth
Arkansas #17 816 2024 +6.9% Growth
Alabama #15 1,367 2025 +69.7% Growth
Vermont #42 127 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #8 930 2025 +11.7% Growth
Iowa #17 964 2024 +34.5% Growth
New Hampshire #64 225 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #55 753 2023 Stable
Wyoming #90 95 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #12 1,221 2024 +67.6% Growth
Indiana #24 1,657 2024 +72.0% Growth
Nebraska #8 508 2025 +123.1% Growth
Maryland #59 1,026 2023 +22.4% Growth
Hawaii #147 198 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #22 1,434 2024 +80.9% Growth
Michigan #18 2,408 2023 +40.0% Growth
New Mexico #78 328 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #35 2,939 2023 +35.1% Growth
Ohio #25 2,752 2024 +72.7% Growth
New York #77 4,476 2024 +10.6% Growth
West Virginia #23 533 2023 +20.0% Growth
Pennsylvania #37 2,915 2025 +48.4% Growth
Delaware #39 105 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #77 1,144 2021 +64.3% Growth
Connecticut #90 481 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #68 1,130 2025 +126.7% Growth
Rhode Island #61 119 2024 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia #166 139 2013 Insufficient historical volume

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