Icey — girls' name
139 babies named Icey in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Icey was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Icey in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Icey
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Icey between 1883 and 2018, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Icey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Icey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Icey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Icey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Icey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 139 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Icey at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Icey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1883
- Peak year (1921)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
139 total births across 136 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 12 births in a single year.
Icey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 47 births that decade — 34% of Icey's all-time total
Icey decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Icey's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Icey by state
Where Icey concentrates geographically — total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.6% |
5 of 139 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1883–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.