# Ivica (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivica/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 6 | 4,879 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,962 |

## People named Ivica

- Ivica Vastić, Austrian association football player
- Ivica Olić, Croatian football player and manager
- Ivica Kostelić, Croatian Alpine skier
- Ivica Barbarić, Croatian association football player and manager
- Ivica Račan, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (1944–2007)
- Ivica Ivušić, Croatian association football player
- Ivica Zubac, Croatian basketball player (born 1997)
- Ivica Mornar, Croatian footballer
- Ivica Križanac, Croatian footballer
- Ivica Vrdoljak, Croatian footballer
- Ivica Šerfezi, Croatian singer (1935-2004)
- Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer

## 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.