# Ivanka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivanka/  
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 | Czech |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,359 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,359 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Czech Ivanka (from Ivana + -ka, q.v.). Doublet of Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

## 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 | 40 | 3,802 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,392 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,957 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,677 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,024 |
| 2016 | 113 | 1,833 |
| 2017 | 165 | 1,394 |
| 2018 | 97 | 2,018 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,023 |
| 2020 | 106 | 1,844 |
| 2021 | 80 | 2,295 |
| 2022 | 79 | 2,353 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3,153 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,518 |
| 2025 | 94 | 2,028 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

## People named Ivanka

- Ivanka Trump, American businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)
- Ivanka Khristova, Bulgarian shot putter (1941–2022)
- Ivanka Brađašević, Croatian poet, writer and librarian (born 1955)

## 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.