girl's name

Ivana

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 11,802

Northern Ireland

#506

2017 births

Ivana is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 217 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2010, when 266 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 15,278 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1943.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Ivana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,020
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ivana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 20
1950s 47
1960s 101
1970s 300
1980s 442
1990s 1,934
2000s 1,852
2010s 2,020
2020s (to 2025) 1,326

How popular is Ivana?

In 2025, Ivana was given to 217 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Ivana is used

Northern Ireland #506 3 in 2017
Canada #846 34 in 2024
France #856 45 in 2025
Scotland #870 3 in 2022
England & Wales #937 38 in 2025
Ireland #1,042 3 in 2022
United States #1,103 217 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 Ivana

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

Parents who like Ivana also like

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

Ivana in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Finnish
Jonna
Georgian
Ivane
Slovene
Ivanka
Spanish
Juana

Sibling names for Ivana

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

Common questions about Ivana

How popular is the name Ivana?

In 2025, Ivana was given to 217 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Ivana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Ivana?

Ivana has 3 syllables.

When was Ivana most popular?

Ivana peaked in 2010, when 266 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Ivana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ivana currently ranks #846 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.