Ive
Ive may refer to:Ive Ivanov, Croatian basketball player Ive Jerolimov, Croatian football player Ive Mažuran (1928–2016), Croatian historian Ive Sulentic, Canadian soccer player of Croatian descent Ive Šubic (1922-–1989), Slovene painter
Meaning & Origin of Ive
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ive may refer to:Ive Ivanov, Croatian basketball player Ive Jerolimov, Croatian football player Ive Mažuran (1928–2016), Croatian historian Ive Sulentic, Canadian soccer player of Croatian descent Ive Šubic (1922-–1989), Slovene painter
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The Story of Ive
As a girl name
Ive first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1919, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1932: 7 births, good for #3,568 nationwide. The 1930s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Ives. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1998 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 33 Ives have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ive on the record books as a boy name in 1921, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 9 Ives were born — ranking #2,986 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1921 (9 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 9 Ives have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ive
Ive is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Ive's peak popularity came in 1932 when it ranked #3,568. Use the chart and map above to compare Ive's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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