as a First Name
From the vocabulary word denoting the plant (Old English īfig). This given name was adopted at the end of the 19th century together with a large number of other words denoting flowers and plants pressed into service as girls' names. It is currently somewhat out of fashion.
| 1,189th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,966
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 26,090
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Ivy per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
98%
2%
9%
55+
55+
19%
30-54
30-54
14%
13-29
13-29
57%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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