Ivy
Girl · EYE-vee · English
Vintage revival
Ivy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “ivy plant”. In 2025 it ranked 9th for girls in the UK (1,886 babies) and 39th for girls in the US (5,117 babies).
What does Ivy mean?
English: English plant name, from Old English ifig
“ivy plant”
Evergreen ivy was a symbol of faithfulness and features in the carol The Holly and the Ivy.
- Say it
- EYE-vee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ivy a girl's or a boy's name?
Ivy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,886 girls in the UK and 5,117 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Ivy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #9among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,886about 1 in 150 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 9.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,886 girls in the UK were named Ivy, making it the 9th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 2,459 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ivy than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ivy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 9th in England and Wales, 16th in Scotland and 39th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#16), 1914 (#17), 1924 (#32), 1934 (#73), 2014 (#54) and 2024 (#5).
Ivy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,886 | #9 |
| 2024 | 2,185 | #6 |
| 2023 | 2,206 | #7 |
| 2022 | 2,412 | #7 |
| 2021 | 2,459 | #7 |
| 2020 | 2,354 | #9 |
| 2019 | 2,332 | #14 |
| 2018 | 2,270 | #16 |
| 2017 | 1,941 | #24 |
| 2016 | 1,632 | #35 |
| 2015 | 1,369 | #46 |
| 2014 | 1,177 | #58 |
| 2013 | 926 | #70 |
| 2012 | 662 | #96 |
| 2011 | 328 | #177 |
| 2010 | 229 | #245 |
| 2009 | 181 | #287 |
| 2008 | 145 | #345 |
| 2007 | 110 | #411 |
| 2006 | 78 | #525 |
| 2005 | 75 | #509 |
| 2004 | 37 | #814 |
| 2003 | 33 | #863 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Ivy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #39among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5,117about 1 in 310 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5,117 girls in the US were named Ivy, making it the 39th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 57th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5,343 girls. 7 boys were also named Ivy in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ivy in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,575 girls in the US were given Ivy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #42.
Girls were 87% of the babies named Ivy in the US in 1880, and over 99% in 2025.
Ivy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,117 | #39 |
| 2024 | 5,343 | #36 |
| 2023 | 5,060 | #38 |
| 2022 | 4,814 | #41 |
| 2021 | 4,396 | #49 |
| 2020 | 3,842 | #57 |
| 2019 | 3,692 | #67 |
| 2018 | 3,287 | #86 |
| 2017 | 2,783 | #108 |
| 2016 | 2,824 | #112 |
| 2015 | 2,507 | #130 |
| 2014 | 2,292 | #146 |
| 2013 | 2,101 | #149 |
| 2012 | 1,699 | #186 |
| 2011 | 1,217 | #263 |
| 2010 | 1,090 | #299 |
| 2009 | 1,021 | #320 |
| 2008 | 1,122 | #299 |
| 2007 | 1,128 | #300 |
| 2006 | 985 | #335 |
| 2005 | 1,045 | #306 |
| 2004 | 803 | #386 |
| 2003 | 749 | #404 |
| 2002 | 721 | #404 |
| 2001 | 836 | #355 |
| 2000 | 880 | #351 |
| 1999 | 759 | #377 |
| 1998 | 728 | #383 |
| 1997 | 688 | #384 |
| 1996 | 646 | #406 |
| 1995 | 614 | #423 |
| 1994 | 482 | #517 |
| 1993 | 422 | #564 |
| 1992 | 286 | #738 |
| 1991 | 228 | #870 |
| 1990 | 266 | #768 |
| 1989 | 278 | #712 |
| 1988 | 305 | #645 |
| 1987 | 370 | #543 |
| 1986 | 370 | #548 |
| 1985 | 377 | #529 |
| 1984 | 259 | #667 |
| 1983 | 292 | #606 |
| 1982 | 293 | #614 |
| 1981 | 279 | #636 |
| 1980 | 282 | #646 |
| 1979 | 323 | #567 |
| 1978 | 266 | #629 |
| 1977 | 251 | #648 |
| 1976 | 206 | #709 |
| 1975 | 288 | #576 |
| 1974 | 264 | #598 |
| 1973 | 237 | #637 |
| 1972 | 270 | #593 |
| 1971 | 214 | #713 |
| 1970 | 254 | #648 |
| 1969 | 241 | #637 |
| 1968 | 193 | #699 |
| 1967 | 134 | #880 |
| 1966 | 154 | #794 |
| 1965 | 198 | #700 |
| 1964 | 179 | #772 |
| 1963 | 176 | #780 |
| 1962 | 205 | #720 |
| 1961 | 210 | #715 |
| 1960 | 273 | #604 |
| 1959 | 318 | #545 |
| 1958 | 332 | #529 |
| 1957 | 354 | #506 |
| 1956 | 319 | #522 |
| 1955 | 268 | #552 |
| 1954 | 194 | #662 |
| 1953 | 204 | #620 |
| 1952 | 197 | #626 |
| 1951 | 165 | #679 |
| 1950 | 159 | #669 |
| 1949 | 129 | #756 |
| 1948 | 124 | #767 |
| 1947 | 119 | #796 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,086 |
| 1945 | 61 | #984 |
| 1944 | 61 | #993 |
| 1943 | 71 | #922 |
| 1942 | 71 | #928 |
| 1941 | 69 | #876 |
| 1940 | 66 | #879 |
| 1939 | 72 | #811 |
| 1938 | 74 | #821 |
| 1937 | 69 | #824 |
| 1936 | 70 | #806 |
| 1935 | 71 | #805 |
| 1934 | 76 | #768 |
| 1933 | 87 | #698 |
| 1932 | 80 | #754 |
| 1931 | 98 | #673 |
| 1930 | 94 | #717 |
| 1929 | 79 | #789 |
| 1928 | 89 | #756 |
| 1927 | 112 | #683 |
| 1926 | 121 | #655 |
| 1925 | 124 | #661 |
| 1924 | 125 | #663 |
| 1923 | 102 | #721 |
| 1922 | 142 | #609 |
| 1921 | 143 | #608 |
| 1920 | 142 | #602 |
| 1919 | 147 | #569 |
| 1918 | 159 | #563 |
| 1917 | 154 | #539 |
| 1916 | 188 | #464 |
| 1915 | 162 | #484 |
| 1914 | 128 | #490 |
| 1913 | 106 | #495 |
| 1912 | 111 | #447 |
| 1911 | 87 | #435 |
| 1910 | 72 | #472 |
| 1909 | 69 | #445 |
| 1908 | 67 | #440 |
| 1907 | 70 | #427 |
| 1906 | 64 | #428 |
| 1905 | 75 | #389 |
| 1904 | 70 | #393 |
| 1903 | 66 | #390 |
| 1902 | 76 | #367 |
| 1901 | 68 | #364 |
| 1900 | 76 | #381 |
| 1899 | 67 | #358 |
| 1898 | 85 | #338 |
| 1897 | 89 | #308 |
| 1896 | 78 | #331 |
| 1895 | 75 | #330 |
| 1894 | 83 | #301 |
| 1893 | 83 | #295 |
| 1892 | 76 | #311 |
| 1891 | 62 | #320 |
| 1890 | 66 | #310 |
| 1889 | 61 | #312 |
| 1888 | 72 | #273 |
| 1887 | 56 | #285 |
| 1886 | 61 | #265 |
| 1885 | 50 | #280 |
| 1884 | 47 | #282 |
| 1883 | 44 | #270 |
| 1882 | 46 | #257 |
| 1881 | 38 | #262 |
| 1880 | 33 | #271 |
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