Fun Facts About the Name Icy
- More than 1 thousand babies named Icy: U.S. records list 1,095 babies given the name Icy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Icy Mean?
Icy is an English name taken directly from the English adjective icy, meaning "full of ice" or "frozen." The adjective was formed from the Old English noun īs (ice), which goes back to a Germanic root, together with the adjective ending -ig, the ancestor of modern English -y. The name keeps that literal, descriptive sense; it is not a translation of a name from another language, and no older name lies behind it.
Names borrowed straight from ordinary English words are a familiar type in the English-speaking world, and Icy belongs to that group rather than to names of Hebrew, Greek, or Latin origin. A resemblance in sound to names such as Iris, Ivy, or Isis does not mean they share an origin.
Icy Name History & Origins
Icy is used as a given name chiefly in the United States and other English-speaking countries, and it is given mainly to girls. It belongs with English word-names drawn from nature and everyday vocabulary, such as Daisy, Ruby, and Pearl, rather than with names inherited from the Bible or from European saints' calendars. The spelling Icie, and occasionally Icey, also occurs; these are alternative spellings of the same word-name rather than separate derivations.
The name has a modern life in fiction as well: Icy is one of the three Trix in the Italian animated series Winx Club. That is a recent association and does not explain where the name comes from, since its source is the English word itself.
How Popular is the Name Icy?
Icy recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1899. Its best rank was #553 in 1893.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | #11,504 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #17,572 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #10,845 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #10,326 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #9,741 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #5,833 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #5,676 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #4,604 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #4,182 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #5,383 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #5,292 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #4,911 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #4,887 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1946 | #3,511 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1945 | #4,840 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #4,840 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #4,952 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #4,914 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,108 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #2,632 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1939 | #3,005 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1938 | #2,651 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1937 | #4,527 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #2,756 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1935 | #2,818 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1934 | #1,798 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1933 | #2,602 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1932 | #2,070 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1931 | #3,338 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #2,247 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1929 | #2,366 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1928 | #1,521 | 28 | 0.0024% |
| 1927 | #2,062 | 19 | 0.0016% |
| 1926 | #3,149 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #1,665 | 26 | 0.0021% |
| 1924 | #1,952 | 21 | 0.0017% |
| 1923 | #1,571 | 28 | 0.0023% |
| 1922 | #1,594 | 28 | 0.0023% |
| 1921 | #2,233 | 17 | 0.0014% |
| 1920 | #1,918 | 21 | 0.0018% |
| 1919 | #1,541 | 27 | 0.0024% |
| 1918 | #1,664 | 24 | 0.0021% |
| 1917 | #1,738 | 21 | 0.0019% |
| 1916 | #1,905 | 18 | 0.0017% |
| 1915 | #1,593 | 22 | 0.0022% |
| 1914 | #1,208 | 26 | 0.0034% |
| 1913 | #1,493 | 16 | 0.0026% |
| 1912 | #1,661 | 12 | 0.0022% |
| 1911 | #1,048 | 18 | 0.0043% |
| 1910 | #1,464 | 11 | 0.0028% |
| 1909 | #1,121 | 14 | 0.0040% |
| 1908 | #1,230 | 12 | 0.0036% |
| 1907 | #779 | 23 | 0.0072% |
| 1906 | #935 | 16 | 0.0054% |
| 1905 | #766 | 23 | 0.0079% |
| 1904 | #894 | 17 | 0.0062% |
| 1903 | #876 | 16 | 0.0061% |
| 1902 | #725 | 23 | 0.0087% |
| 1901 | #784 | 18 | 0.0075% |
| 1900 | #952 | 16 | 0.0053% |
| 1899 | #583 | 28 | 0.0120% |
| 1898 | #672 | 24 | 0.0093% |
| 1897 | #881 | 14 | 0.0060% |
| 1896 | #801 | 17 | 0.0071% |
| 1895 | #911 | 13 | 0.0056% |
| 1894 | #673 | 20 | 0.0090% |
| 1893 | #553 | 26 | 0.0122% |
| 1892 | #875 | 12 | 0.0057% |
| 1891 | #768 | 13 | 0.0070% |
| 1890 | #1,047 | 8 | 0.0042% |
| 1889 | #702 | 14 | 0.0078% |
| 1888 | #815 | 11 | 0.0062% |
| 1887 | #819 | 9 | 0.0062% |
| 1886 | #1,030 | 6 | 0.0042% |
| 1885 | #977 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1884 | #569 | 14 | 0.0109% |
| 1883 | #782 | 7 | 0.0062% |
| 1882 | #615 | 10 | 0.0093% |
| 1881 | #780 | 6 | 0.0065% |
| 1880 | #874 | 5 | 0.0055% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Icy Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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