Ivy

Ivy: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “ivy plant”
Origin: English
Say it: EYE-vee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (96% of all uses)

Ivy comes directly from the English plant name. It belongs to the class of botanical names adopted as given names.

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How popular is Ivy?

20241,606 per million US babies

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Babies named Ivy in 20245,347

2024 rank#36 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188081,003

Ivy is rising: use over the last five years is 3.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ivy

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Iveyivy plant · English
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English

Ivy questions

What does the name Ivy mean?

Ivy means "ivy plant". It comes from English. Ivy comes directly from the English plant name. It belongs to the class of botanical names adopted as given names.

Is Ivy a boy or girl name?

Ivy is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ivy?

5,347 US babies were named Ivy in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Ivy?

Ivy 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.