Ivar
#1,382 for boys in 2025, 133 births
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,468since 1896
Ivar over time
Rank among boys' names. Ivar has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,382 | 133 |
| 2024 | #1,521 | 116 |
| 2023 | #1,440 | 126 |
| 2022 | #1,496 | 121 |
| 2021 | #1,740 | 93 |
| 2020 | #1,872 | 79 |
| 2019 | #1,777 | 87 |
| 2018 | #2,101 | 67 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Ivar! It came in at #1,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ivar is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#778 · 1 in 4,865
- Pennsylvania#1,253 · 1 in 11,091
- California#1,514 · 1 in 17,216
- Florida#1,581 · 1 in 15,460
- Texas#2,004 · 1 in 24,446
Best ever in a state: #563 in New York, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #778 | 5 | 1 in 4,865 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,253 | 5 | 1 in 11,091 |
| California | #1,514 | 11 | 1 in 17,216 |
| Florida | #1,581 | 6 | 1 in 15,460 |
| Texas | #2,004 | 7 | 1 in 24,446 |
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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 Ivar
- 139 spots since 2024 (#1,521 → #1,382)
- 490 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #1,382)
- 6,109 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #1,382)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1911 at #1,038 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,843 boys born in 2025 were named Ivar (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,038 in 1911, was only 1 in 20,543 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 45.5% of all boys named Ivar (668) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,101 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 109 | #1,038 (1911) | #1,946 |
| 1920s | 114 | #2,052 (1920) | #2,614 |
| 1930s | 84 | #2,003 (1931) | #2,762 |
| 1940s | 33 | #2,563 (1943) | #3,124 |
| 1950s | 45 | #2,905 (1953) | #3,391 |
| 1960s | 45 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,321 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,893 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,721 (1986) | #7,313 |
| 1990s | 6 | #8,110 (1997) | #8,110 |
| 2000s | 48 | #6,715 (2003) | #8,501 |
| 2010s | 260 | #1,777 (2019) | #6,301 |
| 2020s | 668 | #1,382 (2025) | #1,575 |
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.
Ivar in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 18,812 of them was named Ivar, which outranked 87.7% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,721Ravi94
- #1,721Reggie94
- #1,721Sloan94
- #1,740Ivar93
- #1,740Demarcus93
- #1,740Judd93
- #1,740Lex93
- #1,750Advik92
- #1,750Arin92
- #1,750Cadence92
Tied with 9 names at #1,740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.