Ivory
#378 for girls in 2025, 810 births · #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
Given to girls 62.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 810 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,546since 1886
Ivory over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #378 | 810 | #3,658 | 30 |
| 2024 | #407 | 784 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #518 | 587 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #519 | 599 | #3,464 | 33 |
| 2021 | #566 | 538 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #601 | 483 | #3,202 | 35 |
| 2019 | #573 | 531 | #3,052 | 39 |
| 2018 | #641 | 464 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #630 | 468 | #2,532 | 50 |
| 2016 | #639 | 464 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #717 | 396 | #3,149 | 36 |
| 2014 | #750 | 374 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2013 | #864 | 299 | #3,265 | 33 |
| 2012 | #1,035 | 245 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #1,490 | 150 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #1,769 | 116 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #1,830 | 117 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #1,562 | 147 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #1,689 | 130 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #1,627 | 130 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #1,437 | 148 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #1,795 | 106 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #1,375 | 146 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #1,520 | 124 | #3,022 | 30 |
| 2001 | #1,304 | 147 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #1,387 | 134 | #2,476 | 38 |
| 1999 | #1,293 | 142 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #1,242 | 146 | #2,199 | 41 |
| 1997 | #1,656 | 95 | #1,908 | 48 |
| 1996 | #1,423 | 116 | #1,933 | 46 |
| 1995 | #1,626 | 91 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #1,433 | 111 | #1,795 | 48 |
| 1993 | #1,290 | 131 | #1,680 | 52 |
| 1992 | #1,452 | 109 | #1,750 | 48 |
| 1991 | #1,383 | 116 | #1,528 | 57 |
| 1990 | #1,307 | 124 | #1,464 | 59 |
| 1989 | #1,426 | 104 | #1,452 | 57 |
| 1988 | #1,269 | 115 | #1,249 | 67 |
| 1987 | #1,222 | 117 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #1,254 | 108 | #1,102 | 72 |
| 1985 | #1,081 | 134 | #1,133 | 67 |
| 1984 | #1,044 | 135 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | #874 | 173 | #1,049 | 71 |
| 1982 | #871 | 177 | #1,006 | 81 |
| 1981 | #1,700 | 67 | #1,084 | 70 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 | #1,038 | 76 |
| 1979 | #1,442 | 84 | #976 | 82 |
| 1978 | #1,690 | 62 | #1,099 | 63 |
| 1977 | #2,091 | 45 | #1,019 | 71 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 | #1,320 | 45 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #984 | 69 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | #1,045 | 62 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 | #879 | 82 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 | #1,083 | 56 |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 | #914 | 79 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | #869 | 86 |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #1,006 | 54 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #793 | 84 |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | #848 | 73 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | #789 | 88 |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 | #799 | 89 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | #733 | 113 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 | #763 | 100 |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 | #704 | 118 |
| 1960 | #1,487 | 55 | #683 | 132 |
| 1959 | #1,585 | 47 | #686 | 123 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | #609 | 159 |
| 1957 | #1,388 | 58 | #613 | 157 |
| 1956 | #1,351 | 59 | #624 | 149 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 | #622 | 143 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | #573 | 166 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | #649 | 121 |
| 1952 | #1,119 | 71 | #549 | 162 |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 | #540 | 158 |
| 1950 | #1,099 | 70 | #500 | 178 |
| 1949 | #1,251 | 53 | #610 | 124 |
| 1948 | #1,223 | 55 | #602 | 126 |
| 1947 | #1,183 | 58 | #707 | 94 |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 | #671 | 93 |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 | #657 | 84 |
| 1944 | #1,072 | 53 | #592 | 108 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 | #628 | 102 |
| 1942 | #1,024 | 58 | #652 | 96 |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | #751 | 68 |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 | #676 | 80 |
| 1939 | #1,022 | 48 | #581 | 97 |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 | #652 | 84 |
| 1937 | #1,070 | 44 | #675 | 78 |
| 1936 | #1,096 | 41 | #714 | 70 |
| 1935 | #965 | 51 | #710 | 73 |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 | #697 | 76 |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 | #668 | 77 |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | #697 | 78 |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | #742 | 69 |
| 1930 | #1,031 | 51 | #771 | 69 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 | #668 | 84 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | #629 | 96 |
| 1927 | #893 | 70 | #668 | 91 |
| 1926 | #1,012 | 54 | #813 | 66 |
| 1925 | #1,050 | 52 | #786 | 70 |
| 1924 | #1,031 | 56 | #667 | 94 |
| 1923 | #1,015 | 55 | #755 | 75 |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 | #759 | 76 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 | #737 | 80 |
| 1920 | #968 | 57 | #724 | 80 |
| 1919 | #933 | 57 | #649 | 89 |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 | #710 | 79 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 | #833 | 59 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 | #695 | 73 |
| 1915 | #990 | 45 | #857 | 52 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 35 | #758 | 48 |
| 1913 | #946 | 32 | #720 | 41 |
| 1912 | #860 | 34 | #800 | 30 |
| 1911 | #722 | 36 | #533 | 31 |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 | #546 | 27 |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 | #473 | 29 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | #443 | 25 |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | #491 | 21 |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 | #490 | 19 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | #455 | 25 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | #521 | 14 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | #501 | 16 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ivory! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ivory is popular in 1907
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Ivory
- 29 spots since 2024 (#407 → #378)
- 223 spots since 2020 (#601 → #378)
- 339 spots since 2015 (#717 → #378)
- Biggest jump: 829 spots in 1982 (#1,700 → #871)
- Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1928 (#893 → #1,254)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 2025 at #378 (810 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 2013–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,984 girls born in 2025 were named Ivory (0.05%)
- 26.1% of all girls named Ivory (3,801) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #937 (1887) | #1,108 |
| 1890s | 97 | #893 (1895) | #1,034 |
| 1900s | 184 | #668 (1904) | #875 |
| 1910s | 407 | #722 (1911) | #939 |
| 1920s | 524 | #893 (1927) | #1,053 |
| 1930s | 454 | #965 (1935) | #1,052 |
| 1940s | 526 | #1,023 (1940) | #1,131 |
| 1950s | 524 | #1,099 (1950) | #1,423 |
| 1960s | 362 | #1,487 (1960) | #2,093 |
| 1970s | 430 | #1,442 (1979) | #2,175 |
| 1980s | 1,203 | #871 (1982) | #1,232 |
| 1990s | 1,181 | #1,242 (1998) | #1,411 |
| 2000s | 1,329 | #1,304 (2001) | #1,553 |
| 2010s | 3,507 | #573 (2019) | #911 |
| 2020s | 3,801 | #378 (2025) | #498 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ivory in 1907
Top girls' names in 1907
Top boys' names in 1907
More about 1907
girls
318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 16,767 of them was named Ivory, which outranked 63.7% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 7,728 of them was named Ivory, which outranked 63.9% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).