Ivory

#378 for girls in 2025, 810 births · #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
Given to girls 62.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 810 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,546
since 1886

Ivory over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #443, 1906girlsat peakboys
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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#378810#3,65830
2024#407784#3,39434
2023#518587#3,88328
2022#519599#3,46433
2021#566538#3,81428
2020#601483#3,20235
2019#573531#3,05239
2018#641464#3,05538
2017#630468#2,53250
2016#639464#3,77628
2015#717396#3,14936
2014#750374#3,37132
2013#864299#3,26533
2012#1,035245#3,11536
2011#1,490150#3,99425
2010#1,769116#3,53130
2009#1,830117#4,16024
2008#1,562147#4,90119
2007#1,689130#3,68728
2006#1,627130#3,22733
2005#1,437148#3,09133
2004#1,795106#2,88735
2003#1,375146#2,84734
2002#1,520124#3,02230
2001#1,304147#2,68135
2000#1,387134#2,47638
1999#1,293142#2,30039
1998#1,242146#2,19941
1997#1,65695#1,90848
1996#1,423116#1,93346
1995#1,62691#2,02641
1994#1,433111#1,79548
1993#1,290131#1,68052
1992#1,452109#1,75048
1991#1,383116#1,52857
1990#1,307124#1,46459
1989#1,426104#1,45257
1988#1,269115#1,24967
1987#1,222117#1,33755
1986#1,254108#1,10272
1985#1,081134#1,13367
1984#1,044135#1,19858
1983#874173#1,04971
1982#871177#1,00681
1981#1,70067#1,08470
1980#1,58373#1,03876
1979#1,44284#97682
1978#1,69062#1,09963
1977#2,09145#1,01971
1976#1,72955#1,32045
1975#2,56530#98469
1974#2,61628#1,04562
1973#2,22335#87982
1972#2,74725#1,08356
1971#2,34033#91479
1970#2,30733#86986
1969#2,00339#93167
1968#2,96919#1,00654
1967#3,08517#79384
1966#2,14730#84873
1965#2,29327#78988
1964#1,74744#79989
1963#1,83940#733113
1962#1,73243#763100
1961#1,62748#704118
1960#1,48755#683132
1959#1,58547#686123
1958#1,67941#609159
1957#1,38858#613157
1956#1,35159#624149
1955#1,40451#622143
1954#1,76934#573166
1953#1,58638#649121
1952#1,11971#549162
1951#1,25455#540158
1950#1,09970#500178
1949#1,25153#610124
1948#1,22355#602126
1947#1,18358#70794
1946#1,19252#67193
1945#1,03256#65784
1944#1,07253#592108
1943#1,08754#628102
1942#1,02458#65296
1941#1,22238#75168
1940#1,02349#67680
1939#1,02248#58197
1938#1,05546#65284
1937#1,07044#67578
1936#1,09641#71470
1935#96551#71073
1934#1,04744#69776
1933#1,14038#66877
1932#1,01548#69778
1931#1,07443#74269
1930#1,03151#77169
1929#1,13742#66884
1928#1,25437#62996
1927#89370#66891
1926#1,01254#81366
1925#1,05052#78670
1924#1,03156#66794
1923#1,01555#75575
1922#94961#75976
1921#1,22240#73780
1920#96857#72480
1919#93357#64989
1918#97754#71079
1917#1,07943#83359
1916#1,12739#69573
1915#99045#85752
1914#1,00335#75848
1913#94632#72041
1912#86034#80030
1911#72236#53331
1910#75332#54627
1909#84523#47329
1908#1,00416#58519
1907#87119#55919
1906#96515#44325
1905#82520#49121
1904#66827#51518
1903#1,02712#69611
1902#84917#49019
1901#72320#59612
1900#97015#45525
1899#98311#52114
1898#1,1719
1897#89513#7259
1896#95012#72210
1895#89313#50116
1894#1,0619#7878
1893#1,0239#9076
1892#1,1717#7489
1891#1,0937#9635
1890#1,0997#53313
1889#1,2795#62810
1888#7558
1887#9377#7527
1886#1,1085
1885#7008
1884#54712
1883#7207
1882#7547
1881
1880#6828
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Ivory! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ivory is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ivory
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 29 spots since 2024 (#407#378)
  • 223 spots since 2020 (#601#378)
  • 339 spots since 2015 (#717#378)
  • Biggest jump: 829 spots in 1982 (#1,700#871)
  • Biggest drop: 361 spots in 1928 (#893#1,254)
Rise & fade · girls
139 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2025 at #378 (810 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,984
  • Highest: 1 in 1,984 girls born in 2025 were named Ivory (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 26.1% of all girls named Ivory (3,801) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1982
  • Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#937 (1887)#1,108
1890s97#893 (1895)#1,034
1900s184#668 (1904)#875
1910s407#722 (1911)#939
1920s524#893 (1927)#1,053
1930s454#965 (1935)#1,052
1940s526#1,023 (1940)#1,131
1950s524#1,099 (1950)#1,423
1960s362#1,487 (1960)#2,093
1970s430#1,442 (1979)#2,175
1980s1,203#871 (1982)#1,232
1990s1,181#1,242 (1998)#1,411
2000s1,329#1,304 (2001)#1,553
2010s3,507#573 (2019)#911
2020s3,801#378 (2025)#498

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

Ivory in 1907

girls
#871
19 births · 1 in 16,767 girls
boys
#559
19 births · 1 in 7,728 boys

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #871Ivory19

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #559Ivory19
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 16,767 of them was named Ivory, which outranked 63.7% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivory
  1. #840Theta20
  2. #840Vella20
  3. #840Verla20
  4. #871Ivory19
  5. #871Angelita19
  6. #871Annetta19
  7. #871Betsy19
  8. #898Bernardine18
  9. #898Deloris18
  10. #898Ettie18

Tied with 26 names at #871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. 1,028Lota#1,951#923
  2. 1,028Tula#1,951#923
  3. 961Cleda#1,951#990
  4. 961Ingrid#1,951#990
  5. 961Santa#1,951#990
Fallers
  1. 926Macy#895#1,821
  2. 742Libbie#642#1,384
  3. 736Hertha#776#1,512
  4. 719Zadie#793#1,512
  5. 674Anabel#965#1,639

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

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 7,728 of them was named Ivory, which outranked 63.9% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivory
  1. #540Terry20
  2. #540Vivian20
  3. #540Weldon20
  4. #559Ivory19
  5. #559Arch19
  6. #559Benedict19
  7. #559Claire19
  8. #591Alberto18
  9. #591Allie18
  10. #591Billie18

Tied with 31 names at #559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. 518Leamon#1,253#735
  2. 518Price#1,253#735
  3. 495Quincy#1,111#616
  4. 477Irene#1,111#634
  5. 477Mitchel#1,111#634
Fallers
  1. 636Norval#709#1,345
  2. 593Harper#752#1,345
  3. 560Barton#640#1,200
  4. 547Hurley#798#1,345
  5. 547Lawton#798#1,345

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

See the top 100 for 1907