Girl · English
Ivy
Say it: EYE-vee
Meaning
The plant, from Old English ifig.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of the late Victorian plant names, now fashionable again.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 61,225 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 421 girls
- 3,810 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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