Iva
Iva was given to 117 girls in 2025, #1,740 among girls’ names; 38,961 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,280 Americans named Iva and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 29 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Iva by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Iva mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Iva is “a female given name of Slavic origin, recorded in the United States since 1900.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Iva?
#1,740 among girls’ names, 2025
Iva rose from #1,975 in 2015 to #1,740 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 56.6 to 72.8 per million.
906 babies in 1918, the peak
Iva peaked in 1918, when 906 babies were given it (889 girls, #212 among girls’ names). The 117 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,740 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 87 | #2,185 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 98 | #2,009 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 114 | #1,802 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,672 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 104 | #1,865 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 104 | #1,914 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,855 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,783 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,698 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 101 | #1,975 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,060 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 79 | #2,331 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,880 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,926 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,878 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,577 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,239 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,738 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,431 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,976 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,515 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,060 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 32 | #4,015 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,575 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,547 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,362 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,318 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,742 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,664 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,260 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,161 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,524 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,898 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,749 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,175 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,942 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,451 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,585 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,639 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,965 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,446 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,407 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,463 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,741 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,228 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,124 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,065 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,811 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,977 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,611 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,656 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,628 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,548 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,417 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 75 | #1,394 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,579 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,393 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 75 | #1,233 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 102 | #1,025 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 87 | #1,138 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 96 | #1,120 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 101 | #1,077 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 113 | #1,010 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 147 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 136 | #905 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 143 | #855 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 148 | #837 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 180 | #743 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 198 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 193 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 206 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 203 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 206 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 213 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 210 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 234 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 248 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1947 | 267 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 240 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 252 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1944 | 257 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1943 | 287 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1942 | 334 | #390 | 0.25 |
| 1941 | 310 | #391 | 0.26 |
| 1940 | 378 | #328 | 0.33 |
| 1939 | 395 | #310 | 0.36 |
| 1938 | 373 | #326 | 0.34 |
| 1937 | 411 | #306 | 0.39 |
| 1936 | 446 | #286 | 0.43 |
| 1935 | 459 | #283 | 0.44 |
| 1934 | 505 | #273 | 0.48 |
| 1933 | 533 | #266 | 0.53 |
| 1932 | 542 | #269 | 0.51 |
| 1931 | 524 | #272 | 0.49 |
| 1930 | 605 | #254 | 0.54 |
| 1929 | 648 | #246 | 0.58 |
| 1928 | 643 | #250 | 0.56 |
| 1927 | 700 | #247 | 0.59 |
| 1926 | 711 | #247 | 0.60 |
| 1925 | 732 | #245 | 0.60 |
| 1924 | 763 | #240 | 0.61 |
| 1923 | 760 | #236 | 0.63 |
| 1922 | 761 | #234 | 0.63 |
| 1921 | 785 | #231 | 0.64 |
| 1920 | 861 | #222 | 0.72 |
| 1919 | 861 | #213 | 0.76 |
| 1918 | 889 | #212 | 0.77 |
| 1917 | 855 | #206 | 0.79 |
| 1916 | 844 | #206 | 0.81 |
| 1915 | 878 | #190 | 0.89 |
| 1914 | 618 | #207 | 0.81 |
| 1913 | 577 | #191 | 0.92 |
| 1912 | 550 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1911 | 397 | #180 | 0.95 |
| 1910 | 406 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1909 | 401 | #162 | 1.2 |
| 1908 | 418 | #160 | 1.3 |
| 1907 | 401 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 1906 | 400 | #149 | 1.4 |
| 1905 | 422 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1904 | 424 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 1903 | 398 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1902 | 438 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1901 | 427 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1900 | 483 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1899 | 432 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1898 | 451 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1897 | 454 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1896 | 434 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1895 | 435 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1894 | 424 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1893 | 384 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1892 | 394 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1891 | 341 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1890 | 354 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1889 | 321 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1888 | 302 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1887 | 253 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1886 | 237 | #121 | 1.6 |
| 1885 | 229 | #116 | 1.7 |
| 1884 | 213 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1883 | 170 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 1882 | 134 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1881 | 122 | #130 | 1.3 |
| 1880 | 127 | #129 | 1.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Iva a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 38,961 Americans recorded as Iva, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 117 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Iva: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Iva, and how old are they?
8,280 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 21% of the 38,961 Americans ever recorded as Iva. The median Iva alive today is 67 years old; half are between 29 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 9,550 people named Iva (9,295 women and girls, 255 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,873 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,990 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,680 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 935 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 527 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 714 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,370 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Iva born?
The states with the most babies named Iva are Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee and Kentucky are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,246 | #3,076 | 1.3× |
| Tennessee | 1,602 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Kentucky | 1,446 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Oklahoma | 1,387 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Ohio | 1,195 | #765 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,144 | #1,488 | 0.5× |
| Arkansas | 1,104 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Missouri | 1,089 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| North Carolina | 1,042 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 943 | #1,301 | 0.9× |
Where Iva is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Iva is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Iva with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 136,037 babies since 1880, Iva is the second most given (29% of them). In 2025 it was given to 117 of their 5,684 babies (2.1%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Iva
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Iva and names like it
- Compare Iva and IvyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sIva peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Iva since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Iva.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Iva alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with IMost given first.