NameTides

Ivy

Ivy was the #39 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,117 babies), and #9 in England & Wales and #43 in Canada.

Ivy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ivy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandUSCanada
Ivy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#39 (5,117)#9 (1,698)#16 (144)#39 (44)#50 (95)#43 (475)#30 (172)#18 (206)
2024#36 (5,343)#5 (1,956)#14 (180)#35 (49)#60 (88)#32 (549)#20 (209)#13 (248)
2023#38 (5,060)#7 (1,997)#18 (149)#26 (60)#49 (111)#35 (543)#22 (208)#17 (193)
2022#41 (4,814)#6 (2,195)#15 (169)#40 (48)#57 (93)#33 (581)#18 (243)#12 (251)
2021#49 (4,396)#5 (2,245)#21 (159)#34 (55)#63 (95)#32 (610)#24 (231)#18 (230)
2020#57 (3,842)#6 (2,166)#27 (130)#30 (58)#74 (69)#35 (564)#11 (291)#17 (228)
2019#67 (3,692)#12 (2,158)#32 (126)#41 (48)#78 (75)#43 (532)#19 (258)#17 (248)
2018#86 (3,287)#14 (2,104)#36 (121)#50 (45)#84 (73)#47 (515)#15 (295)#19 (207)
2017#108 (2,783)#25 (1,819)#58 (82)#64 (37)#137 (41)#61 (416)#18 (282)#19 (218)
2016#112 (2,824)#33 (1,509)#54 (93)#86 (30)#145 (39)#60 (444)#15 (330)#15 (223)
2015#130 (2,507)#42 (1,275)#70 (74)#116 (20)#160 (36)#69 (394)#16 (322)#17 (206)
2014#146 (2,292)#54 (1,103)#79 (65)#205 (9)#219 (24)#77 (350)#17 (314)#18 (196)
2013#149 (2,101)#66 (867)#100 (47)#167 (12)#304 (16)#86 (316)#16 (307)#22 (189)
2012#186 (1,699)#88 (633)#191 (23)#297 (6)#371 (13)#113 (270)#22 (238)#27 (151)
2011#263 (1,217)#168 (310)#244 (18)—#937 (3)#184 (175)#33 (186)#28 (136)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #36.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 310 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 310common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 120very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 220common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 310common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ivy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 290 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 260 to 1 in 310.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ivy by state, 2025Alaska: #18AKMaine: #10MEWisconsin: #15WIVermont: #38VTNew Hampshire: #63NHWashington: #47WAIdaho: #41IDMontana: #33MTNorth Dakota: #7NDMinnesota: #30MNIllinois: #35ILMichigan: #18MINew York: #77NYMassachusetts: #76MAOregon: #46ORNevada: #42NVWyoming: #79WYSouth Dakota: #12SDIowa: #17IAIndiana: #24INOhio: #25OHPennsylvania: #37PANew Jersey: #68NJConnecticut: #89CTRhode Island: #59RICalifornia: #57CAUtah: #11UTColorado: #44CONebraska: #7NEMissouri: #22MOKentucky: #12KYWest Virginia: #22WVVirginia: #35VAMaryland: #58MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #39AZNew Mexico: #76NMKansas: #54KSArkansas: #17ARTennessee: #17TNNorth Carolina: #32NCSouth Carolina: #39SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #27OKLouisiana: #13LAMississippi: #8MSAlabama: #15ALGeorgia: #40GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #50TXFlorida: #50FL
Ivy (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#39200
Quebec2025#7572

Ivy (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
IvyCanadaGirls#43475
IvyEngland & WalesGirls#91,698
Ivy-England & WalesGirls—too few
IvyIrelandGirls#5095
IvyNorthern IrelandGirls#3944
IvyNSWGirls#30172
IvyScotlandGirls#16144
IvyUSGirls#395,117
IvyUSBoys#9,7147
IvyVICGirls#18206