Boys' name · since 1951
Igor
Igor has 804 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,864 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 804
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
Igor currently ranks #6864 among boys' names in America, with 804 babies recorded since 1951.
Igor has 804 recorded births among boys since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6864 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #5,888 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,864 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 804 born since 1951
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Igor ranks #5,888 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,864 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 804 born since 1951, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,864 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 804
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
Igor's 804 recorded births place it above 87.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Massachusetts.
How Igor compares
804 Top 35% higher than 65% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Igor's all-time total is 118% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Igor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 804 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Igor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Igor's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Igor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Igor by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (234 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Igor's strongest decade.
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Igor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 62
1950s
62 births
- 1960s 37
1960s
37 births
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
141 births
- 2000s
2000s
234 births
- 2010s
2010s
187 births
- 2020s 70
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 234 births (29% of all-time use).
How Igor compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Igor's total volume
Igor by state
Where Igor concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 21 | 2.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 20 | 2.5% |
| #3 | California | | 18 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Washington | | 5 | 0.6% |
21 of 804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Igor's data
- Igor's decade-level peak was the 2000s (234 total births); usage has since declined to 70 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Massachusetts records the most Igors (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Igor
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Igor
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Igor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~74 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Igor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.