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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

IvyIn Hebrew: אייבי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ivy (Hebrew: אייבי) is a unisex name of international origin. 135 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 5 girls and ranked #1,007. Its peak year was 2021, with 10 babies.

People in Israel
135
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
5
rank #1,007
Peak year
2021
10 babies
USA, 2025
5,117
rank #39

Writing and saying Ivy

In Hebrew letters the name is אייבי, read right to left. Ivy is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ivy by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ivy: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ivy in English-speaking countries

Ivy in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20255,117#392024 (5,343)
United Kingdom20251,886#92021 (2,459)
England and Wales20251,698#92021 (2,245)
Scotland2025144#162024 (180)
Northern Ireland202544#392023 (60)
Ireland202595#502023 (111)
British Columbia202349#432021 (79)
Alberta202567#392020 (92)
Quebec202572#762022 (96)
New South Wales2025172#302016 (330)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Ivy has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ivy

How do you write Ivy in Hebrew?

Ivy is written אייבי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ivy?

135 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אייבי: 69 women and 66 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ivy a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 51% of the people named אייבי are women and 49% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Ivy used outside Israel?

The name Ivy appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 5,117 girls were given it in 2025 (#39), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,886 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.