Girl
Iva
As a girl's name, Iva traces back to Slavic, where it is understood to mean "Slavic feminine of Ivan". It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. In total, about 31,816 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
SlavicSlavic feminine of Ivan
EtymologyMeaning "God is gracious"
Births by decade
1900s
4,257
1910s
6,983
1920s
7,511
1930s
4,890
1940s
2,852
1950s
1,952
1960s
990
1970s
582
1980s
372
1990s
303
2000s
437
2010s
687
Peaked in the 1920s · 31,816 total U.S. births since 1900