Recorded 1915–1938 Girls' name Peak 1916 70 births

Iverna — girls' name

70 babies named Iverna in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s241920s311930s15
1920s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Iverna was born in this single decade.

1916
Single peak year

10 babies were named Iverna in 1916 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Iverna

The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Iverna between 1915 and 1938, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iverna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iverna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Iverna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iverna 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 70 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.

Iverna at a glance

Last recorded 1938

Total births

70

Since 1915

24 years of records

Peak year

1916

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1938

Active since

1915

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 1938

Iverna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1915

Last recorded 1938
Peak year (1916)
10
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
4681012 193819351931192919271925192419231922191719161915 6

Iverna by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
31 births that decade — 44% of Iverna's all-time total
1910s241920s311930s15

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Iverna?
70 babies have been named Iverna since 1915. It was last recorded in 1938. The peak year was 1916 with 10 births.
When was Iverna most popular?
Iverna was most popular in the 1920s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
How long has the name Iverna been used?
Iverna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 24 years of data through 1938.
What names are similar to Iverna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ivette, Ivey, Ivelisse, Iveth, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1915–1938 (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.