Ivan

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · #162 for boys in 2025, 2,240 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2012 · 3,233 births
Debut · boys
28 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
150,137
since 1880

Ivan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ivan has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #113, 2012boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1622,240
2024—#1532,354
2023—#1532,390
2022—#1592,363
2021—#1682,291
2020#13,4536#1532,442
2019—#1402,690
2018—#1332,911
2017#12,7137#1353,048
2016#14,3316#1313,161
2015#14,4826#1373,047
2014—#1323,079
2013#14,5826#1382,859
2012#14,9626#1133,233
2011—#1283,114
2010#14,9596#1442,772
2009#15,2426#1362,992
2008#17,5045#1323,114
2007—#1273,275
2006#17,1685#1273,316
2005#9,45211#1263,240
2004#6,76817#1173,462
2003#6,88516#1273,146
2002#12,1877#1362,816
2001#7,31714#1412,826
2000#8,53411#1532,531
1999#6,83614#1482,420
1998#11,1387#1522,242
1997#9,0179#1602,160
1996#7,13012#1662,093
1995#5,95815#1671,949
1994#6,31914#1721,855
1993#4,82620#1572,050
1992#5,05119#1512,133
1991#5,00419#1711,866
1990#4,69420#1771,748
1989#7,44910#1901,532
1988#6,66611#2031,330
1987#5,61313#2171,130
1986#4,34718#2041,205
1985#5,07714#2231,051
1984#7,3988#2231,008
1983#6,7059#2191,043
1982#5,53412#2181,088
1981#7,4098#2341,002
1980#5,91211#246907
1979#10,2105#263802
1978#7,6497#268737
1977#7,5677#254797
1976#8,1566#284663
1975#5,51610#267725
1974#7,6806#283662
1973—#308570
1972#6,5587#277693
1971#4,53412#291694
1970—#298675
1969#4,72310#300640
1968#7,0165#295641
1967—#298609
1966#5,8096#296621
1965—#297638
1964#5,4747#314607
1963—#304655
1962#6,5785#299674
1961#5,8516#297669
1960#5,1687#318599
1959—#314611
1958#6,1035#305615
1957—#317577
1956—#295624
1955#4,7407#307562
1954—#325499
1953—#328463
1952—#319495
1951#5,4145#334415
1950—#316472
1949#5,2445#319458
1948—#312467
1947—#303517
1946—#296477
1945—#287437
1944—#281454
1943—#258547
1942—#272486
1941—#250496
1940#4,3495#230541
1939#4,2505#229518
1938—#227526
1937#3,1468#218546
1936—#223513
1935—#205587
1934—#201612
1933—#217534
1932—#205627
1931—#202646
1930#3,3458#203668
1929#3,6827#202652
1928#2,38114#189755
1927#4,8055#188764
1926#3,8737#189766
1925#4,9735#185756
1924#3,3939#183785
1923—#176791
1922#4,0117#186748
1921#3,4009#176820
1920—#179791
1919—#183702
1918#3,02410#177749
1917#3,0929#168756
1916#4,4175#165723
1915#4,2745#173662
1914#3,1886#193439
1913—#208316
1912—#173339
1911—#214137
1910—#224109
1909—#196111
1908—#21495
1907—#20196
1906—#21980
1905—#20983
1904—#21673
1903—#21270
1902—#21171
1901—#22360
1900—#20690
1899—#21959
1898—#18980
1897—#20170
1896—#20972
1895—#25749
1894—#22757
1893—#24650
1892—#24254
1891—#24542
1890—#27938
1889—#23747
1888—#31432
1887—#32526
1886—#29434
1885—#33226
1884—#33627
1883—#30629
1882—#35525
1881—#39518
1880—#32028
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ivan was already there! It came in at #320, and was given to 28 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 26 boys a year got the name.

Where Ivan is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #368 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,492 boysMNIllinois: #300 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 3,619 boysILWisconsin: #329 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,868 boysWIMichigan: #310 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 4,721 boysMINew York: #219 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 1,850 boysNYMassachusetts: #349 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,437 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedRIOregon: #310 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,612 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedSDIowa: #270 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,473 boysIAIndiana: #249 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,584 boysINOhio: #303 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 4,489 boysOHPennsylvania: #302 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 5,447 boysPANew Jersey: #289 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,883 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #352 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 3,794 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedUTColorado: #301 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,048 boysCONebraska: #200 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,631 boysNEMissouri: #284 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,056 boysMOKentucky: #302 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,546 boysKYWest Virginia: #254 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,709 boysWVVirginia: #317 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,517 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedDEArizona: #368 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,396 boysAZNew Mexico: #205 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,143 boysNMKansas: #204 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,348 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ivan, so not publishedARTennessee: #276 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,632 boysTNNorth Carolina: #261 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,087 boysNCSouth Carolina: #326 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,152 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #284 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,978 boysDCOklahoma: #330 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,394 boysOKLouisiana: #495 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,028 boysLAMississippi: #308 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,688 boysMSAlabama: #313 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,151 boysALGeorgia: #413 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,359 boysGAHawaii: #176 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 808 boysHITexas: #386 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 3,315 boysTXFlorida: #350 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,655 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#176 · 1 in 808
  2. Nebraska#200 · 1 in 1,631
  3. Kansas#204 · 1 in 1,348
  4. New Mexico#205 · 1 in 1,143
  5. New York#219 · 1 in 1,850

Best ever in a state: #45 in Utah, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#17691 in 808
Nebraska#200101 in 1,631
Kansas#204171 in 1,348
New Mexico#205121 in 1,143
New York#219971 in 1,850
Indiana#249211 in 2,584
West Virginia#25471 in 2,709
North Carolina#261251 in 2,087
Iowa#27091 in 3,473
Tennessee#276151 in 2,632
District of Columbia#28451 in 2,978
Missouri#284161 in 3,056
New Jersey#289161 in 3,883
Illinois#300321 in 3,619
Colorado#30171 in 3,048
Kentucky#302101 in 3,546
Pennsylvania#302221 in 5,447
Ohio#303251 in 4,489
Mississippi#308101 in 2,688
Michigan#310201 in 4,721
Oregon#31051 in 3,612
Alabama#313121 in 3,151
Virginia#317121 in 3,517
South Carolina#32691 in 3,152
Wisconsin#32971 in 6,868
Oklahoma#33071 in 3,394
Massachusetts#34951 in 11,437
Florida#350151 in 3,655
California#352491 in 3,794
Arizona#36851 in 3,396
Minnesota#36851 in 8,492
Texas#386371 in 3,315
Georgia#41391 in 5,359
Louisiana#49571 in 6,028
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ivan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#153 → #162)
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#153 → #162)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#137 → #162)
  • Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1889 (#314 → #237)
  • Biggest drop: 75 spots in 1881 (#320 → #395)
Rise & fade · boys
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2012 at #113 (3,233 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 573
  • Highest: 1 in 573 boys born in 2004 were named Ivan (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 763 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
  • Its best rank, #113 in 2012, was only 1 in 587 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Ivan (30,718) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s292#237 (1889)#321
1890s571#189 (1898)#231
1900s829#196 (1909)#211
1910s4,932#165 (1916)#188
1920s7,628#176 (1921)#185
1930s5,777#201 (1934)#213
1940s4,880#230 (1940)#281
1950s5,333#295 (1956)#316
1960s6,353#295 (1968)#302
1970s7,018#254 (1977)#279
1980s11,296#190 (1989)#218
1990s20,516#148 (1999)#162
2000s30,718#117 (2004)#132
2010s29,914#113 (2012)#133
2020s14,080#153 (2020)#158

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ivan in 1960

girls
#5,168
7 births · 1 in 288,849 girls
boys
#318
599 births · 1 in 3,560 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #5,168Ivan7

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #318Ivan599
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 288,849 of them was named Ivan, which outranked 29.5% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivan
  1. #4,773Xenia8
  2. #4,773Yolando8
  3. #4,773Zsazsa8
  4. #5,168Ivan7
  5. #5,168Adrain7
  6. #5,168Adrien7
  7. #5,168Aggie7
  8. #5,696Adalia6
  9. #5,696Adra6
  10. #5,696Adrea6

Tied with 527 names at #5,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 3,560 of them was named Ivan, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivan
  1. #315Myron613
  2. #316Armando610
  3. #317Clark608
  4. #318Ivan599
  5. #318Ira599
  6. #320Earnest592
  7. #321Teddy591
  8. #322Salvatore588

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960 →