Recorded 1950–1967 Boys' name Peak 1953 164 births

Ihor — boys' name

164 babies named Ihor in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s1181960s46
1950s
Peak decade

72% of everyone ever named Ihor was born in this single decade.

1953
Single peak year

16 babies were named Ihor in 1953 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ihor

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Ihor between 1950 and 1967, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ihor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ihor performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ihor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Ihor in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ihor in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 164 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Ihor at a glance

Last recorded 1967

Total births

164

Since 1950

18 years of records

Peak year

1953

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1967

Active since

1950

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 1967

Ihor popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1950

Last recorded 1967
Peak year (1953)
16
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
05101520 1967196319601957195419511950 15

Ihor by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1950s
Peak decade
1950s
118 births that decade — 72% of Ihor's all-time total
1950s1181960s46

Ihor by state

Where Ihor concentrates geographically — total births since 1950

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Ihor
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
25 15.2%
#2 Pennsylvania
5 3.0%
New York share of Ihor's total US births 15.2%
Even split

25 of 164 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ihor?
164 babies have been named Ihor since 1950. It was last recorded in 1967. The peak year was 1953 with 16 births.
When was Ihor most popular?
Ihor was most popular in the 1950s decade with 118 total births. The single peak year was 1953.
Where is Ihor most popular?
The top states for the name Ihor are New York (25 births), Pennsylvania (5 births).
How long has the name Ihor been used?
Ihor has been recorded in Social Security data since 1950, spanning 18 years of data through 1967.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–1967 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.