Ivyona
A feminine name of unknown origin, possibly a combination of English words.
Name Census estimates that about 70 living Americans carry the first name Ivyona. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Ivyona today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ivyona births was 2019 (8 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ivyona. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Ivyona. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
70
~ 1 in 4,896,491 Americans
Peak year
2019
8 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#16,196
Tracked since 2007
Popularity
Ivyona: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ivyona from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 37 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Ivyona remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ivyona by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ivyona during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ivyona
The name Ivyona appears to have its origins in the ancient Sumerian language, which was spoken in the southern part of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) as early as the 4th millennium BC. Scholars have traced the name to the Sumerian word "ivu," meaning "ivy," and "ona," which translates to "gift" or "blessing."
In ancient Sumerian culture, ivy was revered as a sacred plant symbolizing eternal life and fertility. Thus, the name Ivyona likely carried connotations of prosperity, abundance, and a life blessed with good fortune. It's possible that the name was initially bestowed upon children as a way of invoking these positive attributes.
One of the earliest known records of the name Ivyona can be found in a cuneiform tablet dating back to the reign of the Akkadian king Sargon the Great, who ruled around 2350 BC. The tablet mentions an Ivyona, a high-ranking priestess in the temple of the goddess Inanna, suggesting that the name held religious significance in ancient Mesopotamian society.
Throughout the centuries, several notable individuals have borne the name Ivyona. In the 6th century BC, there was Ivyona of Miletus, a renowned Greek philosopher and mathematician who made significant contributions to the development of geometry and is credited with proving the basic theorems of isosceles triangles.
During the 1st century AD, Ivyona of Alexandria was a celebrated scholar and astronomer who is believed to have made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of celestial mechanics, although much of her work has been lost to history.
In the 9th century, Ivyona of Córdoba was a highly influential Islamic polymath who excelled in various fields, including mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy. Her treatises on algebra and the motion of celestial bodies were widely studied throughout the Islamic world.
Another notable figure was Ivyona of Bohemia, a 13th-century Czech noblewoman and patron of the arts, who played a pivotal role in the establishment of the first university in Prague.
Fast-forwarding to the 16th century, Ivyona de Guzmán was a Spanish explorer and navigator who accompanied several expeditions to the Americas, including the conquest of Mexico. Her detailed accounts of these voyages remain an invaluable historical resource.
People
Ivyona + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ivyona as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with I
Other first names starting with I with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ivyona: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ivyona?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 70 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ivyona going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 4,896,491 US residents.
Is Ivyona a common name?
We classify Ivyona as "Very Rare". It ranks above 59.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 71 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ivyona most popular?
The single biggest year for Ivyona was 2019, when 8 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ivyona is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Ivyona a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ivyona in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.