Meaning and history
Ivy is a name derived from the English word for the climbing plant with small yellow flowers, which ultimately comes from Old English ifig.
20062006: 985 births, rank #335
2007: 1,128 births, rank #300
2008: 1,122 births, rank #299
2009: 1,021 births, rank #320
2010: 1,090 births, rank #299
20112011: 1,217 births, rank #263
2012: 1,699 births, rank #186
2013: 2,101 births, rank #149
2014: 2,292 births, rank #146
2015: 2,507 births, rank #130
20162016: 2,824 births, rank #112
2017: 2,783 births, rank #108
2018: 3,287 births, rank #86
2019: 3,692 births, rank #67
2020: 3,842 births, rank #57
20212021: 4,396 births, rank #49
2022: 4,814 births, rank #41
2023: 5,060 births, rank #38
2024: 5,343 births, rank #36
20252025: 5,117 births, rank #39
Ivy has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #996 by 1944, before climbing to #39 in 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 5,343 births.