Iva
Iva is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 87 births. Its best rank was 111th, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 870.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1918889 births
- Best rank
- #111in 1894
- Since 1880
- 38,276people given the name
The story in the numbers
38,276 girls have been named Iva in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 889 births.
The name has all but left use: 87 births in 2024, against 889 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 82 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Iva | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,108 | |
| 1890s | 4,103 | |
| 1900s | 4,212 | |
| 1910s | 6,875 | |
| 1920s | 7,364 | |
| 1930s | 4,793 | |
| 1940s | 2,807 | |
| 1950s | 1,900 | |
| 1960s | 979 | |
| 1970s | 576 | |
| 1980s | 367 | |
| 1990s | 308 | |
| 2000s | 448 | |
| 2010s | 909 | |
| 2020s | 527 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Iva was the 212th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Iva
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lelapeak 1921
- Maepeak 1918
- Onapeak 1916
- Artiepeak 1916
- Altapeak 1918
- Pearlpeak 1918
- Myrtlepeak 1918
- Zulapeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.