Ivar

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Ivar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 116 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1160.01% of boys
Peak year: 2023126 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1896: 1,334people given the name

Babies named Ivar, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,334 boys have been named Ivar in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 126 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 40%.

By decade

Decade	boys named Ivar
1890s	5
1900s	5
1910s	109
1920s	114
1930s	84
1940s	33
1950s	45
1960s	45
1970s	36
1980s	10
1990s	6
2000s	48
2010s	259
2020s	535

In 2023, its biggest year

Ivar was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Ivar

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.