Ivey
#925 for girls in 2025, 282 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 73.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 358 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,917since 1883
Ivey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #925 | 282 | — | |
| 2024 | #787 | 358 | — | |
| 2023 | #849 | 316 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #1,285 | 185 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #1,476 | 145 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #1,533 | 138 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,502 | 145 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,770 | 118 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,567 | 142 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,770 | 118 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #2,154 | 88 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #1,807 | 113 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,664 | 66 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #2,781 | 63 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #2,730 | 66 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #2,538 | 72 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,679 | 61 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,497 | 65 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,497 | 63 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #2,213 | 71 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #2,115 | 72 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,370 | 59 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,045 | 69 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #2,058 | 67 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #1,547 | 26 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #1,525 | 25 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #1,445 | 21 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #1,124 | 37 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #1,078 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #1,124 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ivey! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ivey is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#364 · 1 in 1,363
- Georgia#502 · 1 in 2,156
- Louisiana#655 · 1 in 2,658
- North Carolina#683 · 1 in 3,220
- South Carolina#786 · 1 in 3,544
Best ever in a state: #236 in Alabama, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,363 |
| Georgia | #502 | 21 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Louisiana | #655 | 7 | 1 in 2,658 |
| North Carolina | #683 | 14 | 1 in 3,220 |
| South Carolina | #786 | 5 | 1 in 3,544 |
| Tennessee | #819 | 8 | 1 in 3,903 |
| Florida | #1,196 | 11 | 1 in 7,600 |
| Ohio | #1,459 | 5 | 1 in 9,721 |
| New York | #1,876 | 6 | 1 in 13,542 |
| Texas | #2,154 | 9 | 1 in 17,275 |
| California | #2,584 | 7 | 1 in 24,933 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ivey
- 138 spots since 2024 (#787 → #925)
- 608 spots since 2020 (#1,533 → #925)
- 845 spots since 2015 (#1,770 → #925)
- Biggest jump: 601 spots in 1897 (#1,583 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 520 spots in 1898 (#982 → #1,502)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2024 at #787 (358 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2023–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,526 girls born in 2024 were named Ivey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,700 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 29.0% of all girls named Ivey (1,424) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1973, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #920 (1883) | #1,028 |
| 1890s | 52 | #982 (1897) | #1,325 |
| 1900s | 50 | #1,092 (1904) | #1,447 |
| 1910s | 138 | #1,335 (1910) | #1,914 |
| 1920s | 144 | #1,828 (1927) | #2,601 |
| 1930s | 97 | #2,153 (1936) | #2,958 |
| 1940s | 87 | #2,109 (1940) | #3,651 |
| 1950s | 174 | #2,276 (1957) | #2,753 |
| 1960s | 114 | #2,989 (1960) | #4,097 |
| 1970s | 151 | #3,311 (1970) | #4,345 |
| 1980s | 265 | #2,770 (1982) | #3,341 |
| 1990s | 506 | #2,006 (1995) | #2,763 |
| 2000s | 661 | #2,213 (2000) | #2,566 |
| 2010s | 1,043 | #1,502 (2019) | #2,010 |
| 2020s | 1,424 | #787 (2024) | #1,143 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ivey in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,316 of them was named Ivey, which outranked 91.6% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,469Rebeca146
- #1,469Shoshana146
- #1,469Suri146
- #1,476Ivey145
- #1,476Althea145
- #1,476Aryah145
- #1,476Kapri145
- #1,484Ailyn144
- #1,484Breanna144
- #1,484Ester144
Tied with 7 names at #1,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 349,896 of them was named Ivey, which outranked 13.8% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,950 names at #12,146; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.