unisex name

Ive

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 3
  • Births on record 57

France

#703

1940 births

Ive is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 58% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1998 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1921, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1919.

Ive over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1998, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '90
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Births named Ive by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 14
1930s 12
1940s 5
1990s (to 1998) 6

How popular is Ive?

In 1998, Ive was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ive is used

France #703 5 in 1940
United States #12,893 6 in 1998

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 Ive

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

Parents who like Ive also like

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

Sibling names for Ive

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

Common questions about Ive

How popular is the name Ive?

In 1998, Ive was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Ive is used for both girls and boys. About 58% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Ive most popular?

Ive peaked in 1921, when 9 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.