Iva is a distinctive choice, ranked #1819 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Iva in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1819
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Iva
Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Iva per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Iva in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Iva is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 2080 places over the last five years to #1819 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 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 Slišković — Iva Slišković is a Croatian female basketball player..
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.
16
UK babies named Iva (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 2080 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
Likely around 1 other Iva in the class
UK Popularity (2001–2024)
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
Iva Slišković is a Croatian female basketball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Croatia women's national basketball team in the women's event.
Iva Zanicchi is an Italian pop singer and politician. She has a mezzo-soprano voice and is nick-named by the press as the "Eagle from Ligonchio" (l'Aquila di Ligonchio).
Iva Budařová is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Budařová played on the WTA Tour from 1978 until 1991, winning four doubles titles.
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. From 1945 to 1970, she worked almost continuously on Broadway or in national tours, generally as a replacement.