Ivie
Feminine · “ivy plant”
Ivie is given to both — 2,415 girls and 82 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Ivie respells Ivy, and the plant's Old English name is ifig — a climber that the Greeks made sacred to Dionysus and that Roman poets crowned poets with.
How old is the name Ivie?
Ivie first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Ivie alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 2,000 people named Ivie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ivie most popular?
Ivie peaked in 1882, reaching #813 nationally. Today it ranks #1796, 983 places below that high. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ifig to Ivie
The story of Ivie
Ivy became an English girls' name in the Victorian period among the botanical names — Ivy, Daisy, Violet, Rose. It rose sharply again from the 2000s in Britain and America. The -ie respelling appears in the American registers in the 2010s and is in current use, as is the separate Nigerian surname Ivie.
Meaning
ivy plant
From the Old English ifig, 'ivy', shared across the Germanic languages with no further origin recovered. The plant was sacred to Dionysus and the ivy crown was worn at his festivals; Roman poets were crowned with it as well as with laurel. The word is ordinary and undisputed.
How the name formed
- ifig
- ivy
- Ivy
- Ivie
Related forms: Ivy · Ivey · Efeu
Pronouncing Ivie
EYE-vee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Ivie, Ivy and Ivey are said identically.
Nicknames for Ivie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1882
- Most girls named
- 2025112 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #813reached in 1882
- Change vs 2023
- +12.0%112 in 2025, from 100
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ivie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ivy in English — spelling variant
- Ivey in English — spelling variant
- Efeu in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Utah, Texas, California.
Ivies among us
people named Ivie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,351 born in 2025 was named Ivie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Ivie is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ivie is headed
Ivie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ivie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ivie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is concrete and the plant's Dionysian history is genuinely interesting.
- It belongs to a coherent family of English botanical names.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Ivy is the standard spelling of both the word and the name.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- The plant is a climber that strangles what it grows on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ivies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Ivie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ivie in 2025?
- Ivie ranks #1796 among US girl names in 2025, with 112 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ivie?
- About 1 in every 14,351 US girls born in 2025 was named Ivie — 112 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ivie with classmates?
- Ivie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ivie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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