first name
IVY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 50,093 people named Ivy, 56.9% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Black and 12.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ivy peaked in 2024, when 5,367 babies got the name.
At least 86,173 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ivy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #112. The largest share of babies named Ivy, 56%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ivy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ivy has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Nevada (2.3×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.4×).
77,055 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ivy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ivy ranks #2,665 of 156,621, with 13,218 people. See Ivy as a last name
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