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Ivy
Rank in 2024
#4,374
Born in 2024
24
Peak year
1925 · #796
Origin
English
Also recorded for girls:5,323 in 2024 (#36)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 24 boys were named Ivy, about 1 in every 71,471.
- It peaked in 1925 with 69 babies, ranked #796.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 3,453 boys have been named Ivy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ivy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 994 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 676 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 652 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 331 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 226 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 148 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 203 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From ivy, the name of a plant. An ivy branch used to be hung outside an establishment to advertise that it sold alcohol, so it may originally been an occupationational surname for the proprietor of such an establishment. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Proper noun ==== Ivy (plural Ivys or Ivies) A unisex given name from English. A female given name from English; popular in the UK in the beginning of the 20th century. 1882 Something to Read. (Edited by) Edwin John Bret: Something to read novelette.
- A unisex given name from English.
- A female given name from English; popular in the UK in the beginning of the 20th century.
- (rare) A male given name from English.
- (rare) A diminutive of the male given name Ivan.
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ivy, CC BY-SA 4.0.