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
#378
2025 · 810 births
Debut · girls
1886
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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.

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 1926

girls
#1,012
54 births · 1 in 21,952 girls
boys
#813
66 births · 1 in 16,826 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,012Ivory54

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #813Ivory66
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 21,952 of them was named Ivory, which outranked 82.0% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivory
  1. #1,004Madie55
  2. #1,004Naoma55
  3. #1,004Norman55
  4. #1,012Ivory54
  5. #1,012Beaulah54
  6. #1,012Doloris54
  7. #1,012Ethyl54
  8. #1,023Dean53
  9. #1,023Drucilla53
  10. #1,023Erlene53

Tied with 10 names at #1,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 16,826 of them was named Ivory, which outranked 83.2% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ivory
  1. #803Obie67
  2. #803Orrin67
  3. #803Regis67
  4. #813Ivory66
  5. #813Donnie66
  6. #813Donovan66
  7. #813Kendall66
  8. #821Fidel65
  9. #821Ike65
  10. #821Lorin65

Tied with 7 names at #813; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →