Ival — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ival

The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Ival between 1911 and 1950, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ival currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Ival is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 127 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ival performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ival shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ival in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ival 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 297 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.