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Ivon

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Literal meaning not recorded

Ivon has been given to 1,736 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1997, with 51 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% girls, 33% boys all-time.

Babies named Ivon, 2022

1 in 564,000

Ivon over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ivon over time

In 2024, Ivon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19072024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ivon: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ivon means

Ivon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ivon is used in Occitan and Walloon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Yvon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Walloon, Ivon is pronounced /i.vɔ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,156 girls were recorded with the name Ivon between 1912 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 51 in 1997; its best national rank was #2,528 in 1997.

In the United States, 580 boys were recorded with the name Ivon between 1907 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,444 in 1907.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ivon?

Ivon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 564,000
6 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only
1 in 273,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
391,139 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ivon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ivon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ivons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ivon was born before 1995 — so the typical Ivon is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
33.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
42.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,055
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Choose a decade

1990s — 33.2% of all recorded uses (384).

Is Ivon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1997 (51)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,528
1997

Spellings of Ivon

Ivon is not the most common spelling — Ivy is, with 32.6% against Ivon's 0.46%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ivon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ivon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 89,534 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ivon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ivon is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ivon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ivon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ivon around the world

Where Ivon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2022
    #4,646
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1991–1991
    #669
    in 1991

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ivon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,528
1997
Peak year
1997
51 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
1,156
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,444
1907
Peak year
1990
16 that year
First recorded
1907
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
580
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ivon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ivon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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