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Ivey

#926 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Ivey has been given to 6,720 babies in the U.S. since 1883. In 2025 it ranked #926 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 358 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Ivey, 2025

1 in 11,800

Ivey over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ivey over time

In 2025, Ivey went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ivey: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ivey means

Ivey is a given name.

The naming story behind Ivey

Wikidata records Ivey as a given name. The entity identifier is Q62087785, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,917 girls were recorded with the name Ivey between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 358 in 2024; its best national rank was #789 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,538 in 2020 to #926 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,772 in 2015 to #926 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,803 boys were recorded with the name Ivey between 1880 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 38 in 1917; its best national rank was #670 in 1891.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ivey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 11,800
282 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 5,700
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#926
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,150 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ivey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,150 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ivey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Iveys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ivey was born before 2010 — so the typical Ivey is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
29.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
62.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,338
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 29.0% of all recorded uses (1,424).

Is Ivey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−137
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+612
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+846
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.39×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
78.8%
Peak was 2024 (358)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#789
2024

Spellings of Ivey

Ivey is not the most common spelling — Avery is, with 22.0% against Ivey's 0.64%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ivey is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Ivey was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 1,408 girls, against 1 in 7,344 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

271 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 1,408
  2. 2Georgia1 in 1,961
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 2,326
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 2,500
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 2,703
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 3,571
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 3,846
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 5,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Ivey is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ivey was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 25,625 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).

011 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 9,091
  2. 2Georgia1 in 25,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ivey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ivey around the world

Where Ivey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2025–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #1,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2000–2000
    #727
    in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Ivey

People whose public names include Ivey, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ivey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#926
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 612
Best rank ever
#789
2024
Peak year
2024
358 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,917
Count in 2025
282

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#670
1891
Peak year
1917
38 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
1,803
Count in 2025
Under 5

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Ivey

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ivey, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Ivey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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