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Ivey

Ivey: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“ivy plant”
Origin
English
Say it
EYE-vee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (72% girls, 28% boys since 1880)

Variant spelling of Ivy, from the English plant name. It also occurs as a surname spelling in English.

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How popular is Ivey?

2024107 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ivey in 2024356

2024 rank#788 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18806,436

Ivey is rising: use over the last five years is 2.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ivey

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ivyivy plant · English
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English

Ivey questions

What does the name Ivey mean?

Ivey means "ivy plant". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Ivy, from the English plant name. It also occurs as a surname spelling in English.

Is Ivey a boy or girl name?

Ivey is used for both: about 72% of US babies named Ivey since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Ivey?

356 US babies were named Ivey in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Ivey?

Ivey is usually pronounced EYE-vee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.