Ivan
Ivan was given to 2,240 boys in 2025, #163 among boys’ names; 150,787 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 123,000 Americans named Ivan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 12 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ivan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ivan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ivan is “a male given name from Russian of English speakers.”
Also “a transliteration of the Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, or Russian male given name Иван (Ivan).”
From Russian Ива́н (Iván), and from Ivan in several Slavic languages. Doublet of John and its relatives Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Johann, and Sean, etc.
/ˈaɪ.vən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ivan?
#163 among boys’ names, 2025
Ivan fell from #137 in 2015 to #163 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.6 to 1.3 per 1,000.
3,479 babies in 2004, the peak
Ivan peaked in 2004, when 3,479 babies were given it (3,462 boys, #117 among boys’ names). The 2,240 births of 2025 are 64% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,240 | #163 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 2,354 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 2,390 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 2,363 | #159 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 2,291 | #168 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 2,442 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 2,690 | #140 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 2,911 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 3,048 | #135 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 3,161 | #131 | 1.7 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,047 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 3,079 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 2,859 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 3,233 | #113 | 1.7 |
| 2011 | 3,114 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 2010 | 2,772 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 2,992 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 2008 | 3,114 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 3,275 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 3,316 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 2005 | 3,240 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 2004 | 3,462 | #117 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 3,146 | #127 | 1.6 |
| 2002 | 2,816 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 2001 | 2,826 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 2,531 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 2,420 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1998 | 2,242 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1997 | 2,160 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 2,093 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1995 | 1,949 | #167 | 1.0 |
| 1994 | 1,855 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1993 | 2,050 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1992 | 2,133 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 1,866 | #171 | 0.92 |
| 1990 | 1,748 | #177 | 0.85 |
| 1989 | 1,532 | #190 | 0.77 |
| 1988 | 1,330 | #203 | 0.69 |
| 1987 | 1,130 | #217 | 0.61 |
| 1986 | 1,205 | #204 | 0.65 |
| 1985 | 1,051 | #224 | 0.57 |
| 1984 | 1,008 | #223 | 0.56 |
| 1983 | 1,043 | #219 | 0.58 |
| 1982 | 1,088 | #219 | 0.60 |
| 1981 | 1,002 | #234 | 0.56 |
| 1980 | 907 | #246 | 0.51 |
| 1979 | 802 | #264 | 0.47 |
| 1978 | 737 | #268 | 0.45 |
| 1977 | 797 | #255 | 0.49 |
| 1976 | 663 | #285 | 0.42 |
| 1975 | 725 | #267 | 0.46 |
| 1974 | 662 | #283 | 0.42 |
| 1973 | 570 | #308 | 0.37 |
| 1972 | 693 | #277 | 0.43 |
| 1971 | 694 | #291 | 0.39 |
| 1970 | 675 | #298 | 0.36 |
| 1969 | 640 | #300 | 0.36 |
| 1968 | 641 | #295 | 0.37 |
| 1967 | 609 | #298 | 0.35 |
| 1966 | 621 | #296 | 0.35 |
| 1965 | 638 | #297 | 0.34 |
| 1964 | 607 | #314 | 0.30 |
| 1963 | 655 | #304 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 674 | #299 | 0.33 |
| 1961 | 669 | #298 | 0.31 |
| 1960 | 599 | #319 | 0.28 |
| 1959 | 611 | #314 | 0.29 |
| 1958 | 615 | #305 | 0.29 |
| 1957 | 577 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1956 | 624 | #295 | 0.29 |
| 1955 | 562 | #307 | 0.27 |
| 1954 | 499 | #324 | 0.24 |
| 1953 | 463 | #327 | 0.23 |
| 1952 | 495 | #319 | 0.25 |
| 1951 | 415 | #333 | 0.22 |
| 1950 | 472 | #316 | 0.26 |
| 1949 | 458 | #319 | 0.26 |
| 1948 | 467 | #312 | 0.27 |
| 1947 | 517 | #303 | 0.28 |
| 1946 | 477 | #296 | 0.29 |
| 1945 | 437 | #287 | 0.32 |
| 1944 | 454 | #281 | 0.33 |
| 1943 | 547 | #258 | 0.38 |
| 1942 | 486 | #272 | 0.35 |
| 1941 | 496 | #250 | 0.40 |
| 1940 | 541 | #230 | 0.47 |
| 1939 | 518 | #229 | 0.47 |
| 1938 | 526 | #227 | 0.47 |
| 1937 | 546 | #218 | 0.51 |
| 1936 | 513 | #223 | 0.49 |
| 1935 | 587 | #205 | 0.56 |
| 1934 | 612 | #201 | 0.59 |
| 1933 | 534 | #217 | 0.54 |
| 1932 | 627 | #205 | 0.60 |
| 1931 | 646 | #202 | 0.62 |
| 1930 | 668 | #203 | 0.61 |
| 1929 | 652 | #202 | 0.61 |
| 1928 | 755 | #189 | 0.68 |
| 1927 | 764 | #188 | 0.68 |
| 1926 | 766 | #189 | 0.69 |
| 1925 | 756 | #185 | 0.68 |
| 1924 | 785 | #183 | 0.69 |
| 1923 | 791 | #176 | 0.72 |
| 1922 | 748 | #186 | 0.69 |
| 1921 | 820 | #176 | 0.74 |
| 1920 | 791 | #179 | 0.74 |
| 1919 | 702 | #183 | 0.72 |
| 1918 | 749 | #177 | 0.74 |
| 1917 | 756 | #168 | 0.82 |
| 1916 | 723 | #165 | 0.81 |
| 1915 | 662 | #173 | 0.78 |
| 1914 | 439 | #193 | 0.67 |
| 1913 | 316 | #208 | 0.62 |
| 1912 | 339 | #173 | 0.79 |
| 1911 | 137 | #215 | 0.61 |
| 1910 | 109 | #224 | 0.56 |
| 1909 | 111 | #196 | 0.68 |
| 1908 | 95 | #214 | 0.62 |
| 1907 | 96 | #202 | 0.65 |
| 1906 | 80 | #220 | 0.60 |
| 1905 | 83 | #209 | 0.63 |
| 1904 | 73 | #216 | 0.57 |
| 1903 | 70 | #212 | 0.59 |
| 1902 | 71 | #211 | 0.58 |
| 1901 | 60 | #223 | 0.56 |
| 1900 | 90 | #206 | 0.60 |
| 1899 | 59 | #221 | 0.56 |
| 1898 | 80 | #190 | 0.65 |
| 1897 | 70 | #201 | 0.62 |
| 1896 | 72 | #210 | 0.60 |
| 1895 | 49 | #258 | 0.42 |
| 1894 | 57 | #227 | 0.49 |
| 1893 | 50 | #249 | 0.45 |
| 1892 | 54 | #242 | 0.44 |
| 1891 | 42 | #246 | 0.42 |
| 1890 | 38 | #281 | 0.34 |
| 1889 | 47 | #239 | 0.43 |
| 1888 | 32 | #318 | 0.26 |
| 1887 | 26 | #329 | 0.26 |
| 1886 | 34 | #295 | 0.31 |
| 1885 | 26 | #336 | 0.24 |
| 1884 | 27 | #340 | 0.24 |
| 1883 | 29 | #307 | 0.28 |
| 1882 | 25 | #361 | 0.22 |
| 1881 | 18 | #404 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 28 | #322 | 0.25 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ivan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ivan has been given almost only to boys: 650 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ivan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ivan, and how old are they?
123,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 150,787 Americans ever recorded as Ivan. The median Ivan alive today is 22 years old; half are between 12 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 137,218 people named Ivan (535 women and girls, 136,683 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 112,807 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,060 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,890 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 23,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 46,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 34,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ivan born?
The states with the most babies named Ivan are California, Texas and Florida, with 43% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 444 | #85 | 2.1× |
| Texas | 393 | #103 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 111 | #197 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 107 | #65 | 1.6× |
| New York | 69 | #274 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 69 | #182 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 67 | #192 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 63 | #187 | 1.2× |
| Washington | 56 | #148 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 55 | #223 | 0.6× |
Where Ivan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ivan is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ivan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 154,271 babies since 1880, Ivan is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,240 of their 2,477 babies (90%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ivan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ivan and names like it
- Compare Ivan and IvaanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sIvan peaked in 2004.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ivan since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Ivan: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2004The year the most babies were named Ivan.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Ivan alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with IMost given first.