Ivar Boy
How popular is Ivar?
#1,382 boy name in 2025
133 baby boys were named Ivar in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular boy name.
Ivar popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,382 for boys (▲ 139 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 133 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+1230% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,486 in 2015, #1,872 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (133 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,037 in 1911 |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ivar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ivar family of names ranked #964 for boys in 2025 (#1,005 the year before), with 209 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ivar | 133 | 64% |
| Iver | 66 | 32% |
| Ivor | 10 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ivar is most popular
Babies named Ivar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (69 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (64 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Ivar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1910s | 109 | #1,037 |
| 1920s | 114 | #2,051 |
| 1930s | 84 | #2,003 |
| 1940s | 33 | #2,562 |
| 1950s | 45 | #2,904 |
| 1960s | 45 | #2,672 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,961 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,715 |
| 1990s | 6 | #8,104 |
| 2000s | 48 | #6,708 |
| 2010s | 260 | #1,777 |
| 2020s | 668 | #1,382 |
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Questions
- Is Ivar a boy or girl name?
- Ivar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ivar were boys.
- How popular is the name Ivar?
- 133 baby boys were named Ivar in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular boy name.
- When was Ivar most popular?
- Ivar peaked in 2025, when 133 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,037 in 1911.
- How many people are named Ivar?
- 1,468 babies have been named Ivar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,119 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Ivar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ivar was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.