Ivy
Nationally, Ivy lands at #39 for 2025, and more parents pick it every year. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 82,713 American children have carried it so far.
Ivy’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Ivy, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ivy since 1880
Ivy peaked in 2024 at #36; #39 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ivy is most common
The state that gives Ivy most often, per girls born there, is Maine (1.16% in 2025); North Dakota and Alaska are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ivy
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Isla
#28 in 2025
Iris
#61 in 2025
Mason
#39 in 2025
Bennett
#40 in 2025
Roman
#42 in 2025
Jackson
#36 in 2025
Layla
#36 in 2025
Mila
#43 in 2025 · Slavonic
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About Ivy
How popular is the name Ivy?
Nationally, Ivy lands at #39 for 2025, and more parents pick it every year. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Ivy have a meaning on record?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Ivy, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Which names sit near Ivy?
Isla, Iris and Mason sit nearest to Ivy on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Ivy’s free Name Kit
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