Iva

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A few things about Iva you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Iva

Iva Majoli

Croatian tennis player

Choose Iva and your child shares a first name with Iva Majoli, a Croatian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Iva, like who?” Iva Majoli's Wikipedia article is available in 36 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 13,736 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Iva, 117 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Iva would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryIva has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Ivas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1894, when it ranked #111. Today it's #1,733, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📈Then vs nowIva is 3.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 49,020 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 13,736.
• 🚀TrendIva has climbed 127 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,733. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedIva is most popular in Ohio, where it ranks #743, followed by Alabama (#819). It's in the top 1,000 in 2 states.

About the name Iva

Iva is a girl name of English, Hebrew and Slavic origin. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with I and ending in “-iva”. US birth records list Iva for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1894, when it ranked #111 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,733, with 117 babies.

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