girl's name

Ivah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 916

Ivah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1895, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1890s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 414,422 babies in the United States is given this name.

Ivah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ivah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 101
1890s 174
1900s 122
1910s 174
1920s 141
1930s 70
1940s 21
2000s 10
2010s 52
2020s (to 2025) 43

How popular is Ivah?

In 2025, Ivah was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Ivah is used

England & Wales #5,504 3 in 2023
France #5,847 5 in 2023
United States #11,012 8 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ivah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ivah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ivah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ivah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ivah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ivah

How popular is the name Ivah?

In 2025, Ivah was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Ivah a girl's or a boy's name?

Ivah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ivah most popular?

Ivah peaked in 1895, when 28 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1890s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Ivah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ivah currently ranks #11,012 in the United States. After peaking in the 1890s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.