Ivey

Ivey was the #925 girls' name in the US in 2025 (282 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Ivey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ivey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Ivey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#925 (282)#2,440 (11)#780 (3)#1,495 (16)
2024#787 (358)#2,575 (10)—#1,234 (20)
2023#849 (316)#2,928 (8)—#1,678 (13)
2022#1,285 (185)#3,534 (6)—#2,315 (8)
2021#1,476 (145)#3,192 (7)—#2,185 (9)
2020#1,533 (138)#2,843 (8)—#1,877 (11)
2019#1,502 (145)#2,458 (10)—#2,610 (7)
2018#1,925 (103)——#1,862 (11)
2017#1,770 (118)#5,765 (3)—#2,876 (6)
2016#1,567 (142)#3,214 (7)—#2,383 (8)
2015#1,770 (118)#4,103 (5)—#2,891 (6)
2014#2,154 (88)#3,514 (6)—#2,905 (6)
2013#1,807 (113)#3,160 (7)—#3,286 (5)
2012#2,160 (87)#4,838 (4)—#2,921 (6)
2011#2,664 (66)———

Ivey as a boy’s name

  • US
Ivey as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Ivey as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2023#12,239 (5)
2022#10,863 (6)
2021#12,146 (5)
2018#9,670 (7)
2015#9,568 (7)
2014#10,717 (6)
2013#9,655 (7)
2011#9,600 (7)
2010#10,766 (6)
2007#10,921 (6)
2001#7,536 (8)
2000#7,416 (8)
1997#7,281 (7)
1996#7,136 (7)
1995#7,792 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #787.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ivey is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 5,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ivey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #349GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Ivey (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Ivey (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IveyCanadaGirls#1,49516
IveyEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
IveyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IveyScotlandGirls#7803
IveyUSGirls#925282
IveyUSBoys—too few