Iva

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: From Slavic, via Ivo, a hypocoristic of Ivan (a doublet of John)

Girl's name · #1740 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Iva was #111 in 1894, slipped to #4366 by 1999, and has climbed back to #1740 today. Roughly 38,000 girls have been named Iva since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Iva is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Iva ranks in other countries and regions.

#18 in Croatia (2025) · #25 in Slovenia (2025) · #42 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #283 in Austria (2025) · #301 in Switzerland (2025) · #988 in Netherlands (2025) · #2,899 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,027 in Canada (2024).

Famous Ivas

Iva Zanicchi — Italian singer and politician
Iva Majoli — Croatian tennis player
Iva Toguri D'Aquino — World War II propaganda announcer "Orphan Ann", and best-known "Tokyo Rose" announcer
Iva Jovic — US American tennis player
Iva Bittová — Czech musician, and actor

In stories & tradition

Iva Pacovská — Comeback (TV series)

What Ivas become

Among 602 notable people named Iva:

Artists & writers appear 1.27× more often than among typical names — e.g. Iva Despić-Simonović, Croatian sculptor (1891–1961).

Similar names: Zora · Ivie · Reeva · Mileena · Ivanka · Reya

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