Ivy Girl
How popular is Ivy?
#39 girl name in 2025
5,117 baby girls were named Ivy in the US in 2025, making it the 39th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
Ivy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #39 for girls (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,117 girls, 7 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+104% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #130 in 2015, #57 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (5,343 girls) |
| Highest rank | #36 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ivy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ivy family of names ranked #43 for girls in 2025 (#39 the year before), with 5,557 babies in all.
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 Ivy is most popular
Babies named Ivy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 10.7 per 1,000 (141 girls)
- Maine: 9.7 per 1,000 (150 girls)
- Vermont: 9.3 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- South Dakota: 8.6 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- West Virginia: 8.0 per 1,000 (209 girls)
Ivy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 508 | #257 |
| 1890s | 764 | #295 |
| 1900s | 701 | #364 |
| 1910s | 1,314 | #435 |
| 1920s | 1,179 | #602 |
| 1930s | 791 | #673 |
| 1940s | 832 | #756 |
| 1950s | 2,510 | #506 |
| 1960s | 1,963 | #604 |
| 1970s | 2,573 | #567 |
| 1980s | 3,105 | #529 |
| 1990s | 5,119 | #377 |
| 2000s | 9,290 | #299 |
| 2010s | 23,492 | #67 |
| 2020s | 28,572 | #36 |
Girl names about as popular as Ivy
Questions
- Is Ivy a boy or girl name?
- Ivy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ivy were girls.
- How popular is the name Ivy?
- 5,117 baby girls were named Ivy in the US in 2025, making it the 39th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
- When was Ivy most popular?
- Ivy peaked in 2024, when 5,343 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #36 in 2024.
- How many people are named Ivy?
- 86,173 babies have been named Ivy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 77,637 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Ivy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ivy was most common in North Dakota, at 10.7 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.