Ivy

What Ivy means

From the word “ivy”

From ivy, the name of a plant

Source: Wiktionary, “Ivy” (revision 89025412), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ivy?

US: Rising: up from #130 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #42 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 5,343 girls got the name (#36 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 314 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 149 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 124 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 ME (11.56 per 1,000 girls), ND (10.74 per 1,000 girls), AK (10.28 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ivy is #39 in the US and #9 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 Ivy were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ava7,732 US · 1,611 E&W
• Eva2,154 US · 758 E&W
• Eve577 US · 159 E&W
• Ivey282 US · 11 E&W
• Iva117 US · 9 E&W
• Evy39 US · 5 E&W
• Ivee32 US · 3 E&W
• Evi21 US · 4 E&W

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 Ivy

Girls

• Wynter#456Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Briar#400Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #835 in 2015, #400 in 2025
• August#960“month of August”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*

For a brother

• August#81“month of August”^*
• Aspen#920Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1990, with 8 babies
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
• Ocean#717“sea”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ivy’s. Rank is US 2025.