Ivey

Girl · EYE-vee · English

Ivey is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “ivy plant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 925th for girls in the US (282 babies).

What does Ivey mean?

English: spelling of Ivy, the plant name

“ivy plant”

A spelling of Ivy, the evergreen climbing plant, long a symbol of faithfulness.

Say it: EYE-vee

Is Ivey a girl's or a boy's name?

Ivey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 282 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ivey in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,076among girls
Babies in 2025: 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 68% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Ivey, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Ivey of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.

Half of all the girls named Ivey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,931 girls in the UK were given Ivey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.

Ivy 1,886
Ivie 28
Ivey 14
Ivee 3

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

2012Busiest: 14 in 20252025

Ivey in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	14	#2,076
2024	10	#2,644
2023	8	#3,098
2022	6	#3,728
2021	7	#3,338
2020	9	#2,766
2019	10	#2,590
2018	0	–
2017	4	#4,967
2016	7	#3,389
2015	6	#3,777
2014	6	#3,702
2013	8	#3,060
2012	4	#5,058

How popular is Ivey in the US?

Rank in 2025: #925among girls
Babies in 2025: 282about 1 in 5,700 girls
Five-year trend: Rising fastup 148% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 282 girls in the US were named Ivey, making it the 925th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,533rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 358 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.

Half of all the girls named Ivey in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,575 girls in the US were given Ivey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #42, up from #925 for this spelling alone.

Ivy 5,117
Ivey 282
Ivie 112
Ivee 32
Aivy 18
Ivi 9
Ivvy 5

In 1913, 29% of the babies named Ivey in the US were girls. By 2023 it was 98%, with more girls than boys since 1970.

1883Busiest: 358 in 20242025

Ivey in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	282	#925
2024	358	#787
2023	316	#849
2022	185	#1,285
2021	145	#1,476
2020	138	#1,533
2019	145	#1,502
2018	103	#1,925
2017	118	#1,770
2016	142	#1,567
2015	118	#1,770
2014	88	#2,154
2013	113	#1,807
2012	87	#2,160
2011	66	#2,663
2010	63	#2,780
2009	66	#2,729
2008	68	#2,690
2007	64	#2,822
2006	72	#2,538
2005	67	#2,549
2004	61	#2,675
2003	65	#2,494
2002	63	#2,494
2001	64	#2,434
2000	71	#2,209
1999	72	#2,112
1998	59	#2,367
1997	69	#2,042
1996	67	#2,056
1995	68	#2,001
1994	48	#2,580
1993	36	#3,153
1992	33	#3,337
1991	21	#4,644
1990	33	#3,292
1989	26	#3,778
1988	25	#3,685
1987	25	#3,521
1986	30	#3,052
1985	24	#3,516
1984	23	#3,526
1983	24	#3,339
1982	33	#2,770
1981	28	#3,066
1980	27	#3,134
1979	21	#3,667
1978	22	#3,388
1977	13	#4,941
1976	15	#4,152
1975	8	#6,482
1974	14	#4,226
1973	10	#5,189
1972	13	#4,299
1971	16	#3,787
1970	19	#3,311
1969	15	#3,618
1968	11	#4,221
1967	12	#3,844
1966	11	#3,958
1965	7	#5,288
1964	8	#5,007
1963	11	#4,018
1962	11	#4,010
1961	11	#4,008
1960	17	#2,988
1959	24	#2,338
1958	15	#3,084
1957	24	#2,275
1956	22	#2,388
1955	21	#2,410
1954	15	#2,888
1953	17	#2,594
1952	9	#3,795
1951	15	#2,693
1950	12	#3,051
1949	8	#3,891
1948	9	#3,591
1947	5	#5,293
1946	5	#4,958
1945	9	#3,131
1944	5	#4,572
1943	11	#2,860
1942	13	#2,536
1941	7	#3,557
1940	15	#2,108
1939	6	#3,780
1938	7	#3,448
1937	7	#3,433
1936	14	#2,153
1935	11	#2,573
1934	13	#2,288
1933	14	#2,160
1932	10	#2,829
1931	6	#3,846
1930	9	#3,053
1929	6	#4,051
1928	8	#3,434
1927	22	#1,827
1926	14	#2,473
1925	17	#2,190
1924	21	#1,925
1923	11	#2,916
1922	16	#2,291
1921	13	#2,633
1920	16	#2,263
1919	14	#2,384
1918	20	#1,887
1917	16	#2,099
1916	17	#1,949
1915	13	#2,254
1914	14	#1,818
1913	10	#2,033
1912	15	#1,421
1911	7	#1,956
1910	12	#1,335
1909	6	#1,957
1908	7	#1,676
1907	9	#1,384
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	11	#1,092
1903	10	#1,137
1902	7	#1,438
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	6	#1,393
1898	6	#1,501
1897	11	#982
1896	5	#1,582
1895	6	#1,426
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	6	#1,278
1891	7	#1,093
1890	5	#1,337
1889	0	–
1888	6	#1,136
1887	0	–
1886	0	–
1885	0	–
1884	0	–
1883	5	#920

Names like Ivey

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Other spellings of Ivey

Ivy Ivie Ivee Aivy Ivi

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