How popular is “Ivy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ivy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ivy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ivy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ivy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ivy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ivy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ivy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	38	0.000188601	33	5	74%
1881	52	0.000269866	38	14	46%
1882	55	0.00024827	46	9	67%
1883	51	0.000235082	44	7	73%
1884	55	0.000225909	47	8	71%
1885	50	0.000207595	50		100%
1886	76	0.00029767	61	15	61%
1887	66	0.000266783	56	10	70%
1888	81	0.000270474	72	9	78%
1889	71	0.000245721	61	10	72%
1890	74	0.00024552	66	8	78%
1891	71	0.000247669	62	9	75%
1892	94	0.000281122	76	18	62%
1893	95	0.000292107	83	12	75%
1894	93	0.000274587	83	10	78%
1895	93	0.000264942	75	18	61%
1896	88	0.000246165	78	10	77%
1897	104	0.000299749	89	15	71%
1898	96	0.000251668	85	11	77%
1899	73	0.000215191	67	6	84%
1900	95	0.00021099	76	19	60%
1901	82	0.000237123	68	14	66%
1902	86	0.000222376	76	10	77%
1903	75	0.000196747	66	9	76%
1904	82	0.000203229	70	12	71%
1905	84	0.00019815	75	9	79%
1906	72	0.000168047	64	8	78%
1907	83	0.000178345	70	13	69%
1908	83	0.000169856	67	16	61%
1909	84	0.000164312	69	15	64%
1910	95	0.000160823	72	23	52%
1911	98	0.000152108	87	11	78%
1912	146	0.000147764	111	35	52%
1913	133	0.000116963	106	27	59%
1914	180	0.000127088	128	52	42%
1915	220	0.000120059	162	58	47%
1916	249	0.000128721	188	61	51%
1917	214	0.00010664	154	60	44%
1918	223	0.000102712	159	64	43%
1919	200	0.000094776	147	53	47%
1920	195	0.000086182	142	53	46%
1921	208	0.000089098	143	65	38%
1922	193	0.000084311	142	51	47%
1923	148	0.000064278	102	46	38%
1924	179	0.000075159	125	54	40%
1925	193	0.000082715	124	69	28%
1926	172	0.000074916	121	51	41%
1927	167	0.000072003	112	55	34%
1928	137	0.000060594	89	48	30%
1929	128	0.00005839	79	49	23%
1930	145	0.000065219	94	51	30%
1931	144	0.000068428	98	46	36%
1932	129	0.0000611	80	49	24%
1933	118	0.000059016	87	31	47%
1934	108	0.000052003	76	32	41%
1935	114	0.000054548	71	43	25%
1936	97	0.000046689	70	27	44%
1937	99	0.000046464	69	30	39%
1938	103	0.000046552	74	29	44%
1939	106	0.000048107	72	34	36%
1940	88	0.000038216	66	22	50%
1941	107	0.000043917	69	38	29%
1942	109	0.0000399	71	38	30%
1943	104	0.000036846	71	33	37%
1944	100	0.000037174	61	39	22%
1945	98	0.000036941	61	37	24%
1946	101	0.000031609	61	40	21%
1947	156	0.000043305	119	37	53%
1948	154	0.000044605	124	30	61%
1949	159	0.000045627	129	30	62%
1950	193	0.00005509	159	34	65%
1951	213	0.000057822	165	48	55%
1952	228	0.000060032	197	31	73%
1953	251	0.000065133	204	47	63%
1954	231	0.00005803	194	37	68%
1955	305	0.000075964	268	37	76%
1956	346	0.000083919	319	27	84%
1957	389	0.000092572	354	35	82%
1958	374	0.000090471	332	42	78%
1959	357	0.000085859	318	39	78%
1960	301	0.000072464	273	28	81%
1961	236	0.000056973	210	26	78%
1962	230	0.000056996	205	25	78%
1963	208	0.000052549	176	32	69%
1964	206	0.000052989	179	27	74%
1965	219	0.000060406	198	21	81%
1966	180	0.000051789	154	26	71%
1967	146	0.000043006	134	12	84%
1968	219	0.000064823	193	26	76%
1969	268	0.000077115	241	27	80%
1970	283	0.000078469	254	29	80%
1971	236	0.000068757	214	22	81%
1972	294	0.000093541	270	24	84%
1973	261	0.000086513	237	24	82%
1974	281	0.000092434	264	17	88%
1975	303	0.000100351	288	15	90%
1976	227	0.000074811	206	21	81%
1977	269	0.000084685	251	18	87%
1978	278	0.00008759	266	12	91%
1979	345	0.000103697	323	22	87%
1980	297	0.000086224	282	15	90%
1981	297	0.000085854	279	18	88%
1982	311	0.000088655	293	18	88%
1983	307	0.000088643	292	15	90%
1984	269	0.000077105	259	10	93%
1985	398	0.000111512	378	20	90%
1986	382	0.000107392	370	12	94%
1987	388	0.00010761	370	18	91%
1988	310	0.000083896	305	5	97%
1989	295	0.000076734	278	17	88%
1990	285	0.000072107	266	19	87%
1991	240	0.000061613	228	12	90%
1992	291	0.000075756	286	5	97%
1993	435	0.000115376	422	13	94%
1994	500	0.000134493	482	18	93%
1995	627	0.000171211	614	13	96%
1996	659	0.000180687	646	13	96%
1997	705	0.000194443	688	17	95%
1998	728	0.000197923	728		100%
1999	770	0.000208454	759	11	97%
2000	886	0.000234397	880	6	99%
2001	844	0.000225464	836	8	98%
2002	729	0.000195009	721	8	98%
2003	762	0.000200404	749	13	97%
2004	815	0.000213299	803	12	97%
2005	1058	0.000275174	1045	13	98%
2006	997	0.00025201	985	12	98%
2007	1132	0.000283164	1127	5	99%
2008	1135	0.000288755	1122	13	98%
2009	1021	0.000267265	1021		100%
2010	1100	0.00029764	1090	10	98%
2011	1221	0.000333808	1215	6	99%
2012	1712	0.000468096	1698	14	98%
2013	2113	0.000579592	2099	14	99%
2014	2308	0.000622711	2292	16	99%
2015	2517	0.000680103	2505	12	99%
2016	2836	0.000773026	2824	12	99%
2017	2795	0.000781557	2782	13	99%
2018	3297	0.000937741	3285	12	99%
2019	3700	0.001065996	3688	12	99%
2020	3856	0.001154292	3840	16	99%
2021	4415	0.001303148	4394	21	99%
2022	4837	0.001429739	4809	28	99%
2023	5080	0.001534189	5057	23	99%
2024	5347	0.001606429	5323	24	99%

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