Ivor
Last seen for girls in 1929 at #4,570 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 94.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 863since 1896
Ivor over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1896
The first year at least five boys were named Ivor! It came in at #1,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1901, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,480 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,679)
- 388 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #7,679)
- 1,889 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1902 at #933 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,523
- Highest: 1 in 17,523 boys born in 1902 were named Ivor (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.6% of all boys named Ivor (135) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,101 |
| 1900s | 7 | #933 (1902) | #933 |
| 1910s | 114 | #1,421 (1910) | #1,979 |
| 1920s | 135 | #1,839 (1924) | #2,299 |
| 1930s | 100 | #1,905 (1933) | #2,319 |
| 1940s | 93 | #2,042 (1942) | #2,561 |
| 1950s | 74 | #2,111 (1950) | #2,995 |
| 1960s | 62 | #2,186 (1962) | #2,997 |
| 1970s | 44 | #3,223 (1973) | #4,620 |
| 1980s | 34 | #3,440 (1986) | #5,889 |
| 1990s | 18 | #6,415 (1990) | #7,847 |
| 2000s | 51 | #6,088 (2002) | #10,123 |
| 2010s | 60 | #5,788 (2017) | #8,835 |
| 2020s | 66 | #6,147 (2022) | #7,322 |
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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