Ivar
Ivar was given to 133 boys in 2025, #1,384 among boys’ names; 1,468 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,110 Americans named Ivar and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 5 years old and half are between 3 and 9.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ivar by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ivar mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Ivar is “a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ivor”
From Old Norse Ívarr.
/ˈiːvar/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ivar?
#1,384 among boys’ names, 2025
Ivar rose from #7,703 in 2015 to #1,384 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 5.2 to 77.9 per million.
133 babies in 2025, the peak
Ivar peaked in 2025, when 133 boys were given it, #1,384 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 116 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #1,384 | 77.9 |
| 2024 | 116 | #1,523 | 67.3 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,442 | 73.7 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,500 | 69.3 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,741 | 53.2 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,881 | 45.8 |
| 2019 | 87 | #1,779 | 48.5 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,107 | 36.9 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,610 | 25.9 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,151 | 7.4 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #7,703 | 5.2 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,231 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,759 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,383 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 5 | #13,006 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,307 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,911 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | 8 | #9,039 | 3.9 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,913 | 5.1 |
| 2002 | 5 | #11,353 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,543 | 3.6 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,578 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,394 | 2.5 |
| 1986 | 5 | #7,148 | 2.7 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,644 | 3.5 |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,192 | 3.0 |
| 1977 | 5 | #6,244 | 3.0 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,350 | 4.5 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,141 | 4.0 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,459 | 3.2 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,426 | 4.5 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,205 | 2.8 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,383 | 3.8 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,749 | 4.8 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,786 | 4.7 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,298 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,200 | 2.4 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,188 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,079 | 3.9 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,051 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 8 | #3,024 | 4.1 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,950 | 2.7 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,482 | 3.4 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,472 | 3.4 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,527 | 3.3 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,651 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,643 | 6.3 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,071 | 5.1 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,968 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,013 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,776 | 4.7 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,339 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,815 | 7.7 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,329 | 10.7 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,858 | 8.1 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,220 | 6.7 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,046 | 13.5 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,519 | 10.0 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,140 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,452 | 10.8 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,800 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,015 | 8.1 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,365 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,919 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,693 | 10.0 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,060 | 5.5 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,428 | 11.8 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,090 | 15.0 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,101 | 15.3 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,948 | 16.8 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,349 | 13.0 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,049 | 9.0 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,922 | 17.7 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,184 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,627 | 23.4 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,816 | 20.9 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,079 | 48.7 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,497 | 32.4 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,176 | 41.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ivar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ivar has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 79 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ivar: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ivar, and how old are they?
1,110 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 1,468 Americans ever recorded as Ivar. The median Ivar alive today is 5 years old; half are between 3 and 9.
The 2020 Census counted 692 people named Ivar (12 women and girls, 680 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 493 born in the U.S. The Census count is 40% 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 | 18 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 55 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 49 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 64 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 911 |
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 Ivar born?
The states with the most babies named Ivar are California, Texas and New York, with 62% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 15 | #1,269 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 15 | #1,319 | 0.7× |
| New York | 10 | #1,162 | 0.3× |
| Arizona | 7 | #807 | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,057 | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,149 | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,356 | 0.2× |
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 Ivar 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 4,166 babies since 1880, Ivar is the second most given (35% of them). In 2025 it was given to 133 of their 209 babies (64%), the most given that year.
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.
More about Ivar and names like it
- Compare Ivar and IverBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
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- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ivar since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Ivar.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ivar alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with IMost given first.