Iver — #2185 US boys' name
1,621 babies named Iver in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Iver was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Iver in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iver
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,621 babies named Iver between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iver currently holds the #2185 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 81 babies received it in a single year. Iver is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 102 additional births since 1900.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iver performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 380 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Iver shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Iver in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iver 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 1,621 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.
Iver at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Iver popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1884
- Peak year (2023)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
Currently ranks #2185 among boys.
1,621 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 81 births in a single year.
Iver popularity over time — girls
102 total births recorded since 1900 (Iver as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Iver accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Iver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 380 births that decade — 23% of Iver's all-time total
Iver decade highlights
- Peak decade 380 births
- Runner-up 317 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Iver's strongest decade
380 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Iver by state
Where Iver concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 132 | 8.1% |
| #2 | California | | 53 | 3.3% |
| #3 | North Dakota | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.3% |
132 of 1,621 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 8.1% of nationwide
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- North Dakota 1.0% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1884–2024 (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.