Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Iva

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Gods great gift, yew tree
Slavic

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Iva

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1929 (rank #1791, 18 births); most recent 1985 (rank #6518, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #212, 889 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1733, 117 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–117
2024–87
2023–97
2022–114
2021–125
2020–104
2019–104
2018–109
2017–117
2016–126

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #1819, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2787, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20259
202416
202314
20227
202110
20205
201914
201811
20179
201612

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #2659, 10 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4627, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
20224
20214
202010
20199
20184
20174
20168
20154
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #881, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #790, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence