Ivey
Ivey was given to 282 girls in 2025, #926 among girls’ names; 6,720 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,000 Americans named Ivey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 5 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ivey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ivey?
#926 among girls’ names, 2025
Ivey rose from #1,772 in 2015 to #926 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.07 to 0.18 per 1,000.
358 babies in 2024, the peak
Ivey peaked in 2024, when 358 girls were given it, #789 among girls’ names. The 282 births of 2025 are 79% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 282 | #926 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 358 | #789 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 316 | #849 | 5 | #12,970 |
| 2022 | 185 | #1,287 | 6 | #11,409 |
| 2021 | 145 | #1,478 | 5 | #12,871 |
| 2020 | 138 | #1,538 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 145 | #1,502 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,930 | 7 | #10,075 |
| 2017 | 118 | #1,771 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 142 | #1,568 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 118 | #1,772 | 7 | #9,961 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,161 | 6 | #11,252 |
| 2013 | 113 | #1,809 | 7 | #10,063 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,170 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,674 | 7 | #10,034 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,794 | 6 | #11,270 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,736 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,702 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,836 | 6 | #11,462 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,543 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,562 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,686 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,505 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,504 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 64 | #2,443 | 8 | #7,821 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,216 | 8 | #7,727 |
| 1999 | 72 | #2,116 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 59 | #2,376 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,055 | 7 | #7,590 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,066 | 7 | #7,442 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,008 | 6 | #8,202 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,595 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,173 | 8 | #6,445 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,356 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,700 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,307 | 7 | #6,711 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,812 | 10 | #4,959 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,736 | 6 | #6,739 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,552 | 9 | #4,707 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,078 | 6 | #6,246 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,555 | 6 | #6,081 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,549 | 6 | #5,876 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,366 | 14 | #3,139 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,786 | 11 | #3,785 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,096 | 9 | #4,298 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,155 | 12 | #3,495 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,701 | 5 | #6,447 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,425 | 8 | #4,312 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,031 | 8 | #4,345 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,218 | 8 | #4,172 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,735 | 8 | #4,095 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,306 | 11 | #3,211 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,312 | 14 | #2,644 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,378 | 13 | #2,730 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,847 | 11 | #3,042 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,351 | 14 | #2,554 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,681 | 17 | #2,079 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,307 | 15 | #2,144 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,927 | 10 | #2,676 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,047 | 12 | #2,380 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,487 | 16 | #2,030 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,176 | 18 | #1,932 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,111 | 14 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,099 | 14 | #2,228 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,105 | 19 | #1,908 |
| 1960 | 17 | #3,026 | 26 | #1,601 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,363 | 22 | #1,738 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,151 | 23 | #1,661 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,306 | 26 | #1,561 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,417 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,428 | 21 | #1,702 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,936 | 25 | #1,538 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,631 | 19 | #1,791 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,935 | 30 | #1,389 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,735 | 20 | #1,701 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,132 | 20 | #1,676 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,028 | 27 | #1,417 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,707 | 16 | #1,912 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,646 | 24 | #1,536 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,251 | 28 | #1,343 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,238 | 21 | #1,468 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,853 | 16 | #1,779 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,930 | 22 | #1,507 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,588 | 30 | #1,287 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,738 | 17 | #1,722 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,146 | 23 | #1,417 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,977 | 26 | #1,309 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,637 | 24 | #1,387 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,589 | 20 | #1,557 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,197 | 22 | #1,436 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,637 | 20 | #1,565 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,353 | 23 | #1,443 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,207 | 23 | #1,428 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,928 | 27 | #1,341 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,090 | 17 | #1,804 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,180 | 29 | #1,352 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,305 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,585 | 31 | #1,311 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,843 | 26 | #1,494 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,518 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,236 | 24 | #1,555 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,952 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,011 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,340 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,699 | 35 | #1,243 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,315 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,441 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,917 | 37 | #1,141 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,144 | 38 | #1,085 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,988 | 28 | #1,287 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,312 | 33 | #1,134 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,858 | 21 | #1,320 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,094 | 25 | #1,010 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,451 | 14 | #1,314 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,065 | 12 | #1,010 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,378 | 12 | #956 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,075 | 5 | #1,571 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,755 | 12 | #801 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,450 | 10 | #901 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 7 | #1,060 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 6 | #1,166 | |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,132 | 7 | #1,019 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,165 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,514 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 6 | #997 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 8 | #1,002 | |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,491 | 5 | #1,127 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,599 | 6 | #1,065 |
| 1897 | 11 | #1,009 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,696 | 8 | #860 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,498 | 9 | #765 |
| 1894 | under 5 | 8 | #821 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 7 | #871 | |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,356 | 9 | #768 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,147 | 9 | #670 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,416 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,203 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 5 | #1,036 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #879 | |
| 1883 | 5 | #977 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 6 | #828 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 7 | #778 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ivey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,720 Americans recorded as Ivey, 73% are girls and 27% boys. In 2025 it went to 282 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 Ivey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ivey, and how old are they?
5,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 6,720 Americans ever recorded as Ivey. The median Ivey alive today is 16 years old; half are between 5 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 3,400 people named Ivey (2,724 women and girls, 676 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,785 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 127 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 475 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 378 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 629 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,110 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,280 |
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 Ivey born?
The states with the most babies named Ivey are Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, with 35% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 31 | #355 | 3.9× |
| North Carolina | 28 | #391 | 5.1× |
| Texas | 28 | #1,015 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 25 | #324 | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 14 | #354 | 1.9× |
| Missouri | 13 | #455 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 12 | #1,197 | 1.0× |
| Louisiana | 12 | #378 | 0.4× |
| South Carolina | 11 | #449 | 1.2× |
| California | 11 | #1,881 | 0.1× |
Where Ivey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ivey is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 5.1 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 Ivey 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 136,035 babies since 1880, Ivey is the third most given (4.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 282 of their 5,689 babies (5.0%), the second 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 Ivey
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 Ivey and names like it
- Compare Ivey and IvyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sIvey peaked in 2024.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ivey since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Ivey.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ivey alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with IMost given first.