Recorded 1999–2014 Girls' name Peak 2008 53 births

Ieva — girls' name

53 babies named Ieva in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s422010s6
2000s
Peak decade

79% of everyone ever named Ieva was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

13 babies were named Ieva in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ieva

The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Ieva between 1999 and 2014, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ieva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ieva performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ieva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ieva in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ieva 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 53 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.

Ieva at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

53

Since 1999

16 years of records

Peak year

2008

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1999

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2014

Ieva popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1999

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2008)
13
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
468101214 2014200820072006200520031999 5

Ieva by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
42 births that decade — 79% of Ieva's all-time total
1990s52000s422010s6

Ieva by state

Where Ieva concentrates geographically — total births since 1999

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ieva
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
15 28.3%
Illinois share of Ieva's total US births 28.3%

15 of 53 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ieva?
53 babies have been named Ieva since 1999. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2008 with 13 births.
When was Ieva most popular?
Ieva was most popular in the 2000s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Ieva most popular?
The top states for the name Ieva are Illinois (15 births).
How long has the name Ieva been used?
Ieva has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 16 years of data through 2014.

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, 1999–2014 (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.