Ivey

What Ivey means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ivey yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,770 in 2015 to #925 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ivey?

US: Rising: up from #1770 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4103 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 358 girls got the name (#787 that year). First in the US records in 1883.

How common

• About 1 in 5,700 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 23,026 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in TN (0.78 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.76 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.73 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ivey is #925 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ivey were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ivy5,117 US · 1,698 E&W
• Eve577 US · 159 E&W
• Iva117 US · 9 E&W
• Evy39 US · 5 E&W
• Ivee32 US · 3 E&W
• Evee34 US
• Aivy18 US
• Evey15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ivey

Girls

• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Celine#207“heaven”^*
• Aitana#211Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #915 in 2015, #211 in 2025
• Annie#182Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 7,476 babies; 1,690 in 2025

For a brother

• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ivey’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.