Spellings

Ivy or Ivey?

In the US in 2025, 93% of babies in this name family were spelled Ivy and 5% Ivey. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Ivy already led in 2015, with 93% of the family's births; it has 93% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 2,697 to 5,511 births (×2).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Ivy2,5075,117×2
Ivey118282×2
Ivie72112+56%

How they sound

  • Ivy /ˈaɪvi/ (EYE-vee)
  • Ivey /ˈaɪvi/ (EYE-vee)
  • Ivie /ˈaɪvi/ (EYE-vee)
  • Aïvy /aˈivi/ (ah-EE-vee)

In France

In France in 2025: Ivy 155 births (#347 among girls), Ivie 5 births and Aïvy 35 births (#981 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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