Ivory
Ivory was given to 810 girls in 2025, #378 among girls’ names; 23,114 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 17,300 Americans named Ivory and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 7 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ivory by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ivory mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ivory is “a female given name from English.”
Also “a male given name from English.”
The surname is habitational from Ivry in Normandy, and in some cases patronymic from a diminutive of Ivor. The modern given name is associated with ivory.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ivory?
#378 among girls’ names, 2025
Ivory rose from #718 in 2015 to #378 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.22 to 0.50 per 1,000.
840 babies in 2025, the peak
Ivory peaked in 2025, when 840 babies were given it (810 girls, #378 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 784 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 810 | #378 | 30 | #3,692 |
| 2024 | 784 | #407 | 34 | #3,415 |
| 2023 | 587 | #519 | 28 | #3,931 |
| 2022 | 599 | #520 | 33 | #3,491 |
| 2021 | 538 | #566 | 28 | #3,851 |
| 2020 | 483 | #604 | 35 | #3,231 |
| 2019 | 531 | #574 | 39 | #3,070 |
| 2018 | 464 | #641 | 38 | #3,067 |
| 2017 | 468 | #631 | 50 | #2,542 |
| 2016 | 464 | #640 | 28 | #3,820 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 396 | #718 | 36 | #3,182 |
| 2014 | 374 | #750 | 32 | #3,409 |
| 2013 | 299 | #864 | 33 | #3,289 |
| 2012 | 245 | #1,035 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2011 | 150 | #1,493 | 25 | #4,026 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,776 | 30 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,834 | 24 | #4,203 |
| 2008 | 147 | #1,565 | 19 | #4,961 |
| 2007 | 130 | #1,691 | 28 | #3,729 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,633 | 33 | #3,254 |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,438 | 33 | #3,111 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,798 | 35 | #2,908 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,376 | 34 | #2,872 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,524 | 30 | #3,040 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,304 | 35 | #2,706 |
| 2000 | 134 | #1,388 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1999 | 142 | #1,292 | 39 | #2,310 |
| 1998 | 146 | #1,246 | 41 | #2,210 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,658 | 48 | #1,914 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,425 | 46 | #1,937 |
| 1995 | 91 | #1,625 | 41 | #2,033 |
| 1994 | 111 | #1,433 | 48 | #1,801 |
| 1993 | 131 | #1,290 | 52 | #1,678 |
| 1992 | 109 | #1,452 | 48 | #1,749 |
| 1991 | 116 | #1,383 | 57 | #1,528 |
| 1990 | 124 | #1,306 | 59 | #1,472 |
| 1989 | 104 | #1,426 | 57 | #1,461 |
| 1988 | 115 | #1,269 | 67 | #1,249 |
| 1987 | 117 | #1,223 | 55 | #1,349 |
| 1986 | 108 | #1,255 | 72 | #1,105 |
| 1985 | 134 | #1,084 | 67 | #1,141 |
| 1984 | 135 | #1,046 | 58 | #1,204 |
| 1983 | 173 | #876 | 71 | #1,055 |
| 1982 | 177 | #872 | 81 | #1,008 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,703 | 70 | #1,087 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,590 | 76 | #1,040 |
| 1979 | 84 | #1,447 | 82 | #979 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,694 | 63 | #1,105 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,098 | 71 | #1,023 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,738 | 45 | #1,325 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,579 | 69 | #988 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,638 | 62 | #1,048 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,239 | 82 | #880 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,771 | 56 | #1,090 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,349 | 79 | #917 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,325 | 86 | #872 |
| 1969 | 39 | #2,009 | 67 | #936 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,999 | 54 | #1,010 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,130 | 84 | #796 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,162 | 73 | #852 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,315 | 88 | #792 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,759 | 89 | #803 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,845 | 113 | #733 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,739 | 100 | #765 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,631 | 118 | #704 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,493 | 132 | #683 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,587 | 123 | #687 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,684 | 159 | #610 |
| 1957 | 58 | #1,391 | 157 | #612 |
| 1956 | 59 | #1,352 | 149 | #623 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,413 | 143 | #621 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,783 | 166 | #572 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,593 | 121 | #649 |
| 1952 | 71 | #1,121 | 162 | #549 |
| 1951 | 55 | #1,258 | 158 | #541 |
| 1950 | 70 | #1,104 | 178 | #499 |
| 1949 | 53 | #1,255 | 124 | #609 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,227 | 126 | #604 |
| 1947 | 58 | #1,188 | 94 | #708 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,195 | 93 | #672 |
| 1945 | 56 | #1,042 | 84 | #660 |
| 1944 | 53 | #1,072 | 108 | #593 |
| 1943 | 54 | #1,093 | 102 | #631 |
| 1942 | 58 | #1,029 | 96 | #654 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,232 | 68 | #756 |
| 1940 | 49 | #1,031 | 80 | #678 |
| 1939 | 48 | #1,028 | 97 | #584 |
| 1938 | 46 | #1,061 | 84 | #655 |
| 1937 | 44 | #1,076 | 78 | #679 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,105 | 70 | #718 |
| 1935 | 51 | #967 | 73 | #715 |
| 1934 | 44 | #1,059 | 76 | #701 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,149 | 77 | #675 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,021 | 78 | #698 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,083 | 69 | #746 |
| 1930 | 51 | #1,035 | 69 | #773 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,142 | 84 | #669 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,259 | 96 | #633 |
| 1927 | 70 | #895 | 91 | #672 |
| 1926 | 54 | #1,017 | 66 | #815 |
| 1925 | 52 | #1,055 | 70 | #789 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,037 | 94 | #669 |
| 1923 | 55 | #1,021 | 75 | #760 |
| 1922 | 61 | #956 | 76 | #763 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,230 | 80 | #740 |
| 1920 | 57 | #973 | 80 | #728 |
| 1919 | 57 | #937 | 89 | #652 |
| 1918 | 54 | #979 | 79 | #715 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,086 | 59 | #835 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,136 | 73 | #696 |
| 1915 | 45 | #995 | 52 | #861 |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,011 | 48 | #766 |
| 1913 | 32 | #954 | 41 | #727 |
| 1912 | 34 | #862 | 30 | #808 |
| 1911 | 36 | #727 | 31 | #539 |
| 1910 | 32 | #761 | 27 | #549 |
| 1909 | 23 | #856 | 29 | #479 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,025 | 19 | #602 |
| 1907 | 19 | #884 | 19 | #573 |
| 1906 | 15 | #982 | 25 | #447 |
| 1905 | 20 | #834 | 21 | #500 |
| 1904 | 27 | #674 | 18 | #526 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,056 | 11 | #718 |
| 1902 | 17 | #858 | 19 | #495 |
| 1901 | 20 | #731 | 12 | #619 |
| 1900 | 15 | #993 | 25 | #460 |
| 1899 | 11 | #1,002 | 14 | #530 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,212 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 13 | #913 | 9 | #758 |
| 1896 | 12 | #973 | 10 | #753 |
| 1895 | 13 | #913 | 16 | #517 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,100 | 8 | #822 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,045 | 6 | #965 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,215 | 9 | #769 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,148 | 5 | #1,038 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,142 | 13 | #550 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,375 | 10 | #649 |
| 1888 | under 5 | 8 | #785 | |
| 1887 | 7 | #987 | 7 | #790 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,186 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 8 | #735 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 12 | #559 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 7 | #763 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 7 | #798 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 8 | #713 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ivory a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 23,114 Americans recorded as Ivory, 63% are girls and 37% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Ivory every year since 1982. In 2025 it went to 810 girls and 30 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ivory: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ivory, and how old are they?
17,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 23,114 Americans ever recorded as Ivory. The median Ivory alive today is 22 years old; half are between 7 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 11,058 people named Ivory (7,428 women and girls, 3,630 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,229 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 562 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,770 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,720 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,200 |
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 Ivory born?
The states with the most babies named Ivory are Texas, California and Ohio, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 115 | #313 | 1.1× |
| California | 58 | #559 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 36 | #311 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 33 | #242 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 31 | #576 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 31 | #356 | 0.9× |
| Kentucky | 31 | #143 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 30 | #371 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #390 | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 28 | #134 | 0.3× |
Where Ivory is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ivory is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 3.8 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 girls’ 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 Ivory 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 24,631 babies since 1880, Ivory is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 840 of their 960 babies (88%), 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 Ivory
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Ivey | 6,720 |
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 Ivory and names like it
- Compare Ivory and IvoriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sIvory peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ivory since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Ivory: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Ivory.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ivory alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with IMost given first.