Ivette vs Ivey
American parents have registered 11,185 Ivettes since 1880, against 6,720 Iveys. But in 2025 it was Ivey that was commoner, 282 babies to 89.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ivette Ivey
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 142 years in which either name was published, Ivey for 85 years and Ivette for 57 years. The lead changed hands 2 times.
Side by side
| Ivette | Ivey | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 11,185 | 6,720 |
| Most in one year | 409 | 358 |
| Babies in 2025 | 89 | 282 |
| Estimated living today | 11,000 | 5,000 |
| Median age today | 35 | 16 |
| Peak year | 1991 | 2024 |
| Best rank | 568th girls | 787th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,099th | 925th |
| First recorded | 1945 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 11,175 / 10 | 4,917 / 1,803 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Ivettes alive today are over 35; half the Iveys are over 16. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Ivette New York (3.9×), California (2.9×), New Jersey (2.3×)
- Ivey North Carolina (10.7×), Georgia (8.3×), Alabama (3.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ivette and Ivey.