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
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 3,233 births
- Debut · boys
- 28 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 150,137since 1880
Ivan over time
Rank among boys' names. Ivan has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #162 | 2,240 | |
| 2024 | — | #153 | 2,354 | |
| 2023 | — | #153 | 2,390 | |
| 2022 | — | #159 | 2,363 | |
| 2021 | — | #168 | 2,291 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #153 | 2,442 |
| 2019 | — | #140 | 2,690 | |
| 2018 | — | #133 | 2,911 | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #135 | 3,048 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #131 | 3,161 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #137 | 3,047 |
| 2014 | — | #132 | 3,079 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #138 | 2,859 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #113 | 3,233 |
| 2011 | — | #128 | 3,114 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #144 | 2,772 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #136 | 2,992 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #132 | 3,114 |
| 2007 | — | #127 | 3,275 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #127 | 3,316 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #126 | 3,240 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #117 | 3,462 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #127 | 3,146 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #136 | 2,816 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #141 | 2,826 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #153 | 2,531 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #148 | 2,420 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #152 | 2,242 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #160 | 2,160 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #166 | 2,093 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #167 | 1,949 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #172 | 1,855 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #157 | 2,050 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #151 | 2,133 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #171 | 1,866 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #177 | 1,748 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #190 | 1,532 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #203 | 1,330 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #217 | 1,130 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #204 | 1,205 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #223 | 1,051 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #223 | 1,008 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #219 | 1,043 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #218 | 1,088 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #234 | 1,002 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #246 | 907 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #263 | 802 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #268 | 737 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #254 | 797 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #284 | 663 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #267 | 725 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #283 | 662 |
| 1973 | — | #308 | 570 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #277 | 693 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #291 | 694 |
| 1970 | — | #298 | 675 | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #300 | 640 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #295 | 641 |
| 1967 | — | #298 | 609 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #296 | 621 |
| 1965 | — | #297 | 638 | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #314 | 607 |
| 1963 | — | #304 | 655 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #299 | 674 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #297 | 669 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #318 | 599 |
| 1959 | — | #314 | 611 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #305 | 615 |
| 1957 | — | #317 | 577 | |
| 1956 | — | #295 | 624 | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #307 | 562 |
| 1954 | — | #325 | 499 | |
| 1953 | — | #328 | 463 | |
| 1952 | — | #319 | 495 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #334 | 415 |
| 1950 | — | #316 | 472 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #319 | 458 |
| 1948 | — | #312 | 467 | |
| 1947 | — | #303 | 517 | |
| 1946 | — | #296 | 477 | |
| 1945 | — | #287 | 437 | |
| 1944 | — | #281 | 454 | |
| 1943 | — | #258 | 547 | |
| 1942 | — | #272 | 486 | |
| 1941 | — | #250 | 496 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #230 | 541 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #229 | 518 |
| 1938 | — | #227 | 526 | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #218 | 546 |
| 1936 | — | #223 | 513 | |
| 1935 | — | #205 | 587 | |
| 1934 | — | #201 | 612 | |
| 1933 | — | #217 | 534 | |
| 1932 | — | #205 | 627 | |
| 1931 | — | #202 | 646 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #203 | 668 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #202 | 652 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #189 | 755 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #188 | 764 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #189 | 766 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #185 | 756 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #183 | 785 |
| 1923 | — | #176 | 791 | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #186 | 748 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #176 | 820 |
| 1920 | — | #179 | 791 | |
| 1919 | — | #183 | 702 | |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #177 | 749 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #168 | 756 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #165 | 723 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #173 | 662 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #193 | 439 |
| 1913 | — | #208 | 316 | |
| 1912 | — | #173 | 339 | |
| 1911 | — | #214 | 137 | |
| 1910 | — | #224 | 109 | |
| 1909 | — | #196 | 111 | |
| 1908 | — | #214 | 95 | |
| 1907 | — | #201 | 96 | |
| 1906 | — | #219 | 80 | |
| 1905 | — | #209 | 83 | |
| 1904 | — | #216 | 73 | |
| 1903 | — | #212 | 70 | |
| 1902 | — | #211 | 71 | |
| 1901 | — | #223 | 60 | |
| 1900 | — | #206 | 90 | |
| 1899 | — | #219 | 59 | |
| 1898 | — | #189 | 80 | |
| 1897 | — | #201 | 70 | |
| 1896 | — | #209 | 72 | |
| 1895 | — | #257 | 49 | |
| 1894 | — | #227 | 57 | |
| 1893 | — | #246 | 50 | |
| 1892 | — | #242 | 54 | |
| 1891 | — | #245 | 42 | |
| 1890 | — | #279 | 38 | |
| 1889 | — | #237 | 47 | |
| 1888 | — | #314 | 32 | |
| 1887 | — | #325 | 26 | |
| 1886 | — | #294 | 34 | |
| 1885 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1884 | — | #336 | 27 | |
| 1883 | — | #306 | 29 | |
| 1882 | — | #355 | 25 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #320 | 28 | |
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 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#105 · 1 in 423
- Arizona#154 · 1 in 808
- New York#158 · 1 in 963
- California#189 · 1 in 1,110
- Massachusetts#189 · 1 in 1,834
Best ever in a state: #45 in Utah, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #105 | 15 | 1 in 423 |
| Arizona | #154 | 23 | 1 in 808 |
| New York | #158 | 118 | 1 in 963 |
| California | #189 | 149 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Massachusetts | #189 | 18 | 1 in 1,834 |
| New Jersey | #190 | 29 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Pennsylvania | #203 | 39 | 1 in 1,902 |
| Connecticut | #207 | 9 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Illinois | #209 | 55 | 1 in 1,479 |
| Ohio | #220 | 36 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Iowa | #226 | 9 | 1 in 2,346 |
| Florida | #248 | 28 | 1 in 1,786 |
| New Mexico | #254 | 7 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Indiana | #271 | 13 | 1 in 3,112 |
| Michigan | #281 | 20 | 1 in 3,216 |
| Colorado | #285 | 8 | 1 in 2,452 |
| Texas | #291 | 58 | 1 in 1,934 |
| Wisconsin | #297 | 8 | 1 in 4,018 |
| Oregon | #303 | 6 | 1 in 2,915 |
| Utah | #305 | 6 | 1 in 2,925 |
| Missouri | #310 | 10 | 1 in 3,514 |
| North Carolina | #318 | 13 | 1 in 2,961 |
| South Carolina | #327 | 8 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Washington | #328 | 8 | 1 in 3,234 |
| Tennessee | #329 | 10 | 1 in 3,192 |
| Kentucky | #362 | 6 | 1 in 4,699 |
| Maryland | #365 | 5 | 1 in 4,329 |
| Georgia | #368 | 11 | 1 in 3,441 |
| Alabama | #388 | 7 | 1 in 3,829 |
| Oklahoma | #389 | 5 | 1 in 3,971 |
| Louisiana | #418 | 10 | 1 in 3,300 |
| Virginia | #434 | 6 | 1 in 5,425 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2012 at #113 (3,233 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 20.5% of all boys named Ivan (30,718) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 292 | #237 (1889) | #321 |
| 1890s | 571 | #189 (1898) | #231 |
| 1900s | 829 | #196 (1909) | #211 |
| 1910s | 4,932 | #165 (1916) | #188 |
| 1920s | 7,628 | #176 (1921) | #185 |
| 1930s | 5,777 | #201 (1934) | #213 |
| 1940s | 4,880 | #230 (1940) | #281 |
| 1950s | 5,333 | #295 (1956) | #316 |
| 1960s | 6,353 | #295 (1968) | #302 |
| 1970s | 7,018 | #254 (1977) | #279 |
| 1980s | 11,296 | #190 (1989) | #218 |
| 1990s | 20,516 | #148 (1999) | #162 |
| 2000s | 30,718 | #117 (2004) | #132 |
| 2010s | 29,914 | #113 (2012) | #133 |
| 2020s | 14,080 | #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 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 219,021 of them was named Ivan, which outranked 33.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,892Zoey8
- #6,892Zonia8
- #6,892Zorana8
- #7,567Ivan7
- #7,567Adel7
- #7,567Adonna7
- #7,567Adora7
- #8,444Abagail6
- #8,444Abeer6
- #8,444Abigayle6
Tied with 876 names at #7,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,062 of them was named Ivan, which outranked 96.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).