Iva Girl
How popular is Iva?
#1,733 girl name in 2025
117 baby girls were named Iva in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
Iva popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,733 for girls (▲ 445 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 117 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,972 in 2015, #1,860 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (889 girls) |
| Highest rank | #111 in 1894 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Iva counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Iva family of names ranked #1,360 for girls in 2025 (#1,601 the year before), with 125 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Iva | 117 | 94% |
| Ivah | 8 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Iva is most popular
Babies named Iva per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Iva by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,108 | #116 |
| 1890s | 4,103 | #111 |
| 1900s | 4,212 | #120 |
| 1910s | 6,875 | #168 |
| 1920s | 7,364 | #222 |
| 1930s | 4,793 | #254 |
| 1940s | 2,807 | #328 |
| 1950s | 1,900 | #575 |
| 1960s | 979 | #879 |
| 1970s | 576 | #1,389 |
| 1980s | 368 | #2,218 |
| 1990s | 308 | #2,732 |
| 2000s | 449 | #2,567 |
| 2010s | 910 | #1,693 |
| 2020s | 645 | #1,667 |
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Questions
- Is Iva a boy or girl name?
- Iva is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Iva were girls.
- How popular is the name Iva?
- 117 baby girls were named Iva in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
- When was Iva most popular?
- Iva peaked in 1918, when 889 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #111 in 1894.
- How many people are named Iva?
- 38,961 babies have been named Iva in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,018 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 70.
- Where is Iva most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Iva was most common in Michigan, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.