Iva is a distinctive choice, ranked #2788 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Iva in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2788
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About the Name Iva
2024 marks Iva's peak year in UK records so far, sitting at UK #1819. The name has climbed 2080 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2001.
Iva is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Iva in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Iva
Iva Primorac — Iva Primorac Pavičić is a Croatian tennis player.
Iva Gelashvili — Iva Gelashvili is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club Panserraikos and the Georgia national team.
Iva Perovanović — Iva Perovanović was a Montenegrin female basketball player of Montenegrin national team.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Iva
Unlikely. With around 9 UK babies named Iva per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Iva in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Iva is rising: up 1,111 places since 2020, to #2,788 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #1,819 in 2024.
Iva is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Iva include: Iva Primorac, Iva Gelashvili and Iva Slišković. Short summaries for each appear below.
Iva does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Ivas in the wild.
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UK babies named Iva (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 1111 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Iva
Almost certainly the only Iva in the class
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UK Popularity (2001–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Iva
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Pearl Iva Edith Withers was a Canadian-born American actress and singer, best remembered as a replacement player who had long runs in some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's biggest musical theatre hits.