Feminine dossier · first seen 1880
Ivy
Rising
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
2024
Peak births
5,343
Current vitality
Strong
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
Quick answers about Ivy
How many people are named Ivy?
An estimated 74,593 living Americans are named Ivy.
How rare is Ivy?
Ivy is still widely used among babies today, with 5,117 girls receiving the name in 2025.
How old is the typical Ivy?
The median age of a living American named Ivy is approximately 9 years, with most bearers falling between 4 and 21 years old.
Is Ivy still popular?
Yes — Ivy is currently rising in popularity, with 5,117 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 2.7× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Ivy most common?
Ivy has its strongest geographic signal in Louisiana, where it appears 4.5× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 20242025
Peak year
2024
Decline from peak
4.2%
2025
5,117
All-time
82,713
Where it lives now
Ivy is most concentrated in Vermont — about 4.3× the national rate in the 2010s.
States where Ivy is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.