# Iva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/iva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 38,961 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 564 / 38,397 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 183, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 2,927 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,881 |
| 2013 | 79 | 2,331 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,060 |
| 2015 | 101 | 1,975 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,698 |
| 2017 | 117 | 1,783 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,855 |
| 2019 | 104 | 1,914 |
| 2020 | 104 | 1,865 |
| 2021 | 125 | 1,672 |
| 2022 | 114 | 1,802 |
| 2023 | 98 | 2,009 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,185 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,740 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 1944 | 8 | 2,740 |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,984 |
| 1950 | 7 | 3,169 |
| 1952 | 9 | 2,769 |
| 1953 | 8 | 3,024 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,288 |
| 1955 | 5 | 4,110 |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,710 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,243 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,707 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,314 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,460 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5,065 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,959 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Iva
- Slovak: Iva

## People named Iva

- Iva Majoli, Croatian tennis player
- Iva Bittová, Czech musician, and actor
- Iva Prandzheva, Bulgarian athlete
- Iva Janžurová, Czech actress
- Iva Karagiozova, Bulgarian biathlete
- Iva Videnova-Kuljasevic, Bulgarian chess player (born 1987)
- Iva Ciglar, Croatian basketball player (born 1985)
- Iva Slišković, Croatian basketball player (born 1984)
- Iva Lažeta, Croatian footballer
- Iva Straková, Czech Olympic athlete and high jumper
- Iva Radoš, Croatian sportsperson
- Iva Frühlingová, Czech model and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.