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Ivor

#7,880 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Yew, through Ívarr

Ivor has been given to 909 babies in the U.S. since 1896. In 2025 it ranked #7,880 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1918, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Ivor, 2025

1 in 332,000

Ivor over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010203018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Ivor over time

In 2025, Ivor went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18962025

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.

Ivor: meaning, origin, and history

Yew, through Ívarr

Old Norse

What Ivor means

Ivor belongs to the name family reached through Ivor → Ívarr. Its meaning is “yew”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Medieval form of Old Norse Ívarr. Doublet of Igor.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ivor (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ivor is used in English. Its origins include Old Norse.

Ivor comes through Old Norse Ívarr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ívarr and Igor.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ivor is pronounced /ˈaɪvə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 863 boys were recorded with the name Ivor between 1896 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1918; its best national rank was #976 in 1902.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,320 in 2020 to #7,880 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,962 in 2015 to #7,880 in 2025.

In the United States, 46 girls were recorded with the name Ivor between 1901 and 1929. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1921; its best national rank was #1,800 in 1901.

How common is Ivor?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,880
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ivor sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ivor. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ivors were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ivor was born before 1947 — so the typical Ivor is around 78 today.

Median birth year
1947
About 78 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
15.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
20.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
409
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 15.6% of all recorded uses (135).

Is Ivor 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
−1,585
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+440
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,082
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.43×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 1918 (22)
Years since peak
107
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#976
1902

Spellings of Ivor

Ivor is not the most common spelling — Ivan is, with 58.0% against Ivor's 0.33%.

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 Ivor is used

Across 1910–2025, Ivor was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,066,303 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —
  2. 2Ohio1 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. Ivor has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ivor around the world

Where Ivor 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
    1997–2025
    #563
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1974–2025
    #400
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1964–1993
    #302
    in 1993
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–1996
    #540
    in 1996

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ivor by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,880
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 440
Best rank ever
#976
1902
Peak year
1918
22 that year
First recorded
1896
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
863
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,800
1901
Peak year
1921
9 that year
First recorded
1901
Last recorded
1929
All-time count
46
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ivor

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

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Sibling names for Ivor

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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