Ivan

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · #162 for boys in 2025, 2,240 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2012 · 3,233 births
Debut · boys
28 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
150,137
since 1880

Ivan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ivan has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #113, 2012boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1622,240
2024#1532,354
2023#1532,390
2022#1592,363
2021#1682,291
2020#13,4536#1532,442
2019#1402,690
2018#1332,911
2017#12,7137#1353,048
2016#14,3316#1313,161
2015#14,4826#1373,047
2014#1323,079
2013#14,5826#1382,859
2012#14,9626#1133,233
2011#1283,114
2010#14,9596#1442,772
2009#15,2426#1362,992
2008#17,5045#1323,114
2007#1273,275
2006#17,1685#1273,316
2005#9,45211#1263,240
2004#6,76817#1173,462
2003#6,88516#1273,146
2002#12,1877#1362,816
2001#7,31714#1412,826
2000#8,53411#1532,531
1999#6,83614#1482,420
1998#11,1387#1522,242
1997#9,0179#1602,160
1996#7,13012#1662,093
1995#5,95815#1671,949
1994#6,31914#1721,855
1993#4,82620#1572,050
1992#5,05119#1512,133
1991#5,00419#1711,866
1990#4,69420#1771,748
1989#7,44910#1901,532
1988#6,66611#2031,330
1987#5,61313#2171,130
1986#4,34718#2041,205
1985#5,07714#2231,051
1984#7,3988#2231,008
1983#6,7059#2191,043
1982#5,53412#2181,088
1981#7,4098#2341,002
1980#5,91211#246907
1979#10,2105#263802
1978#7,6497#268737
1977#7,5677#254797
1976#8,1566#284663
1975#5,51610#267725
1974#7,6806#283662
1973#308570
1972#6,5587#277693
1971#4,53412#291694
1970#298675
1969#4,72310#300640
1968#7,0165#295641
1967#298609
1966#5,8096#296621
1965#297638
1964#5,4747#314607
1963#304655
1962#6,5785#299674
1961#5,8516#297669
1960#5,1687#318599
1959#314611
1958#6,1035#305615
1957#317577
1956#295624
1955#4,7407#307562
1954#325499
1953#328463
1952#319495
1951#5,4145#334415
1950#316472
1949#5,2445#319458
1948#312467
1947#303517
1946#296477
1945#287437
1944#281454
1943#258547
1942#272486
1941#250496
1940#4,3495#230541
1939#4,2505#229518
1938#227526
1937#3,1468#218546
1936#223513
1935#205587
1934#201612
1933#217534
1932#205627
1931#202646
1930#3,3458#203668
1929#3,6827#202652
1928#2,38114#189755
1927#4,8055#188764
1926#3,8737#189766
1925#4,9735#185756
1924#3,3939#183785
1923#176791
1922#4,0117#186748
1921#3,4009#176820
1920#179791
1919#183702
1918#3,02410#177749
1917#3,0929#168756
1916#4,4175#165723
1915#4,2745#173662
1914#3,1886#193439
1913#208316
1912#173339
1911#214137
1910#224109
1909#196111
1908#21495
1907#20196
1906#21980
1905#20983
1904#21673
1903#21270
1902#21171
1901#22360
1900#20690
1899#21959
1898#18980
1897#20170
1896#20972
1895#25749
1894#22757
1893#24650
1892#24254
1891#24542
1890#27938
1889#23747
1888#31432
1887#32526
1886#29434
1885#33226
1884#33627
1883#30629
1882#35525
1881#39518
1880#32028
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ivan was already there! It came in at #320, and was given to 28 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 26 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ivan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#153#162)
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#153#162)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#137#162)
  • Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1889 (#314#237)
  • Biggest drop: 75 spots in 1881 (#320#395)
Rise & fade · boys
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2012 at #113 (3,233 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 573
  • Highest: 1 in 573 boys born in 2004 were named Ivan (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 763 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
  • Its best rank, #113 in 2012, was only 1 in 587 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Ivan (30,718) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s292#237 (1889)#321
1890s571#189 (1898)#231
1900s829#196 (1909)#211
1910s4,932#165 (1916)#188
1920s7,628#176 (1921)#185
1930s5,777#201 (1934)#213
1940s4,880#230 (1940)#281
1950s5,333#295 (1956)#316
1960s6,353#295 (1968)#302
1970s7,018#254 (1977)#279
1980s11,296#190 (1989)#218
1990s20,516#148 (1999)#162
2000s30,718#117 (2004)#132
2010s29,914#113 (2012)#133
2020s14,080#153 (2020)#158

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ivan in 1917

girls
#3,092
9 births · 1 in 120,141 girls
boys
#168
756 births · 1 in 1,224 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #3,092Ivan9

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #168Ivan756
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 120,141 of them was named Ivan, which outranked 41.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivan
  1. #2,879Zoa10
  2. #2,879Zollie10
  3. #2,879Zonie10
  4. #3,092Ivan9
  5. #3,092Adabelle9
  6. #3,092Adamae9
  7. #3,092Adine9
  8. #3,344Abbey8
  9. #3,344Adalyn8
  10. #3,344Adolph8

Tied with 251 names at #3,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 1,224 of them was named Ivan, which outranked 96.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivan
  1. #165Ronald766
  2. #166Clayton759
  3. #167Don757
  4. #168Ivan756
  5. #169Wilbert755
  6. #170Irvin734
  7. #171Abraham731
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917