Iver
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- #2,167 for boys in 2025, 66 births
- Given to boys 94.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,687since 1884
Iver over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #2,167 | 66 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,190 | 66 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,928 | 81 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #2,191 | 66 |
| 2021 | — | #2,109 | 68 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,136 | 36 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,228 | 62 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,083 | 68 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,715 | 45 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,587 | 48 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,365 | 33 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,885 | 40 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,003 | 25 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,489 | 20 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | — | #1,235 | 34 | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | — | #1,531 | 23 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,058 | 37 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,217 | 29 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Iver! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Iver is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Minnesota#586 · 1 in 3,062
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
Best ever in a state: #182 in North Dakota, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #586 | 8 | 1 in 3,062 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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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 Iver
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 969 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #2,167)
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909
- Biggest drop: 470 spots in 1910
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1887 at #819 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1890–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,400
- Highest: 1 in 16,400 boys born in 1909 were named Iver (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,880 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #819 in 1887, was only 1 in 16,902 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 22.7% of all boys named Iver (383) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1902
- Mostly girls until 1901, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #819 (1887) | #902 |
| 1890s | 31 | #841 (1891) | #907 |
| 1900s | 40 | #951 (1909) | #1,061 |
| 1910s | 206 | #1,058 (1916) | #1,347 |
| 1920s | 211 | #1,235 (1923) | #1,751 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,489 (1939) | #2,234 |
| 1940s | 58 | #1,983 (1940) | #2,814 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,531 (1953) | #3,202 |
| 1960s | 36 | #2,982 (1965) | #3,274 |
| 1970s | 28 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,961 |
| 1980s | 13 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,204 |
| 1990s | 16 | #7,271 (1991) | #8,135 |
| 2000s | 75 | #5,554 (2009) | #9,078 |
| 2010s | 380 | #2,083 (2018) | #3,556 |
| 2020s | 383 | #1,928 (2023) | #2,287 |
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.
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