Ivy
Pronounced AY1 V IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Ivy?
Ivy is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 89,823 children — the 404th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 5,754 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Ivey and Ivie — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Ivy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ivey
- Ivie
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AY1 V IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ivy
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ivy
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ivy?
- Ivy ranks 404th among girls' names in US records, with 89,823 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 41,077.
- Is Ivy a unisex name?
- No. Ivy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ivy most popular?
- 2024, when 5,754 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Ivy spelled?
- Ivey, Ivie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.