Iva — #2166 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Iva

The Social Security Administration has registered 38,276 babies named Iva between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iva currently holds the #2166 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 889 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7,364 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Iva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,240 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Iva in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iva 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 38,276 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.