Iver

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #2,167 for boys in 2025, 66 births
Given to boys 94.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1887 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,687
since 1884

Iver over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #1,932, 1900peak #819, 1887girlsboys
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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#2,16766
2024#2,19066
2023#15,1945#1,92881
2022#15,3065#2,19166
2021#2,10968
2020#3,13636
2019#2,22862
2018#2,08368
2017#2,71545
2016#2,58748
2015#3,36533
2014#2,88540
2013#3,40531
2012#4,00325
2011#5,20017
2010#7,08711
2009#5,55416
2008#5,76715
2007#12,3675
2006#10,6626
2005#6,63411
2004#11,3565
2003#9,5816
2002#10,6675
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993#8,7005
1992#8,4355
1991#7,2716
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981#5,4686
1980#4,9407
1979
1978
1977#5,8455
1976#5,5875
1975
1974
1973#4,5056
1972#3,9637
1971#4,9075
1970
1969
1968#3,6736
1967
1966
1965#2,9828
1964
1963#3,3187
1962#3,0418
1961#3,3567
1960
1959#3,2907
1958#3,2757
1957#3,5526
1956#2,9698
1955#3,5056
1954#3,8275
1953#2,53110
1952#2,6809
1951#3,0667
1950#3,3296
1949#2,45310
1948#2,6089
1947#2,6719
1946#2,9197
1945
1944
1943
1942#3,5605
1941#3,5055
1940#1,98313
1939#1,48920
1938#1,61318
1937#3,1756
1936#2,30110
1935#2,02913
1934#2,39310
1933#2,7388
1932#3,9016#2,10113
1931#2,20712
1930#2,29312
1929#4,5705#2,00215
1928#4,7255#2,04815
1927#3,8757#1,95917
1926#4,8515#1,78719
1925#2,19314
1924#3,6658#1,53225
1923#1,23534
1922#4,0117#1,30831
1921#4,4646#1,70321
1920#3,09710#1,74720
1919#1,53123
1918#1,19234
1917#1,90016
1916#1,05837
1915#3,7956#1,21729
1914#2,4349#1,22123
1913#2,5407#1,36515
1912#2,6346#1,17416
1911#1,3877
1910#1,4216
1909#95110
1908#1,2176
1907
1906
1905#1,0916
1904#9667
1903#1,1305
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#1,9325
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896
1895
1894#9546
1893
1892#8617
1891#8416
1890#9945
1889
1888#9176
1887#8196
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Iver! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Iver
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#2,190#2,167)
  • 969 spots since 2020 (#3,136#2,167)
  • 1,198 spots since 2015 (#3,365#2,167)
  • Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909 (#1,217#951)
  • Biggest drop: 470 spots in 1910 (#951#1,421)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1887 at #819 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1890–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,400
  • Highest: 1 in 16,400 boys born in 1909 were named Iver (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,880 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #819 in 1887, was only 1 in 16,902 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 22.7% of all boys named Iver (383) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1902
  • Mostly girls until 1901, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#819 (1887)#902
1890s31#841 (1891)#907
1900s40#951 (1909)#1,061
1910s206#1,058 (1916)#1,347
1920s211#1,235 (1923)#1,751
1930s122#1,489 (1939)#2,234
1940s58#1,983 (1940)#2,814
1950s71#2,531 (1953)#3,202
1960s36#2,982 (1965)#3,274
1970s28#3,963 (1972)#4,961
1980s13#4,940 (1980)#5,204
1990s16#7,271 (1991)#8,135
2000s75#5,554 (2009)#9,078
2010s380#2,083 (2018)#3,556
2020s383#1,928 (2023)#2,287

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.

Iver in 1887

boys
#819
6 births · 1 in 16,902 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #819Iver6
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 16,902 of them was named Iver, which outranked 23.2% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iver
  1. #752Tomas7
  2. #752Verner7
  3. #752Webb7
  4. #819Iver6
  5. #819Addie6
  6. #819Ah6
  7. #819Aleck6
  8. #921Ab5
  9. #921Abbie5
  10. #921Ada5

Tied with 101 names at #819; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 539Carey#959#420
  2. 521Santiago#959#438
  3. 471Annie#959#488
  4. 471Roderick#959#488
  5. 453Morton#845#392
Fallers
  1. 430Dell#491#921
  2. 420Hardy#332#752
  3. 409Brady#512#921
  4. 381Walton#540#921
  5. 368Milford#451#819

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

See the top 100 for 1887