Meaning not yet researched.
Ivan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,240 in 2025. Its best rank was #113 in 2012.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #113 in 2012; #163 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ivan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#163 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2012, at #113.
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Ivan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,240 boys in 2025. Peak: #113 in 2012 · most boys in one year: 3,462 (2004).
In 2025, 2,240 US boys were named Ivan, making it the 163rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 10 places from #153 in 2024. That is 114 fewer than the 2,354 boys named Ivan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #113, reached in 2012. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,462, in 2004. For comparison, it was #137 in 2015 and #316 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ivan in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 28 babies with the name. In all, 150,787 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 30,810 babies named Ivan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 25,890 US boys were named Ivan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,161. In 2025 that was about 1 in 763 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ivan ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #65 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 3 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include John (5,204,377 babies since 1880), Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Joan (488,939 babies since 1880) and Jean (483,475 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ivyon, Ivion and Ivyann are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to John.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ivyon (18), Ivion (17), Ivyann (16).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 107 | #65 | #84 |
| California | 444 | #85 | #64 |
| Oregon | 40 | #97 | #175 |
| Texas | 393 | #103 | #97 |
| Hawaii | 9 | #112 | — |
| Idaho | 22 | #114 | #197 |
| Nevada | 24 | #130 | #87 |
| Kansas | 26 | #147 | #120 |
| Washington | 56 | #148 | #113 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | #156 | #137 |
| Wisconsin | 38 | #166 | #161 |
| Colorado | 43 | #168 | #129 |
| Arkansas | 22 | #171 | #283 |
| Alaska | 5 | #178 | #120 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #178 | #230 |
| Nebraska | 15 | #181 | #141 |
| North Carolina | 69 | #182 | #203 |
| Delaware | 6 | #183 | #165 |
| Illinois | 63 | #187 | #137 |
| Ohio | 67 | #192 | #227 |
| Florida | 111 | #197 | #146 |
| Iowa | 20 | #202 | #168 |
| Maryland | 29 | #204 | #215 |
| New Mexico | 10 | #204 | #115 |
| Indiana | 41 | #205 | #154 |
| Tennessee | 42 | #213 | #266 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #215 | — |
| Michigan | 45 | #217 | #188 |
| Pennsylvania | 55 | #223 | #151 |
| Minnesota | 28 | #229 | #140 |
| Utah | 22 | #238 | #155 |
| Alabama | 23 | #243 | #270 |
| Montana | 5 | #255 | — |
| New Jersey | 37 | #259 | #241 |
| Georgia | 48 | #261 | #225 |
| Mississippi | 12 | #268 | #273 |
| Kentucky | 20 | #274 | #262 |
| New York | 69 | #274 | #157 |
| Missouri | 24 | #286 | #259 |
| South Carolina | 19 | #293 | #332 |
| Virginia | 29 | #294 | #255 |
| Massachusetts | 19 | #300 | #248 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #368 | #211 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #552 | #297 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 2,240 | #163 |
| 2024 | — | — | 2,354 | #153 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,390 | #153 |
| 2022 | — | — | 2,363 | #159 |
| 2021 | — | — | 2,291 | #168 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,127 | 2,442 | #153 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,690 | #140 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,911 | #133 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,264 | 3,048 | #135 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,072 | 3,161 | #131 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,233 | 3,047 | #137 |
| 2014 | — | — | 3,079 | #132 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,355 | 2,859 | #138 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,718 | 3,233 | #113 |
| 2011 | — | — | 3,114 | #128 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,712 | 2,772 | #144 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,988 | 2,992 | #136 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,610 | 3,114 | #132 |
| 2007 | — | — | 3,275 | #127 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,240 | 3,316 | #127 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,711 | 3,240 | #126 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,902 | 3,462 | #117 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,006 | 3,146 | #127 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,718 | 2,816 | #136 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,469 | 2,826 | #141 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,794 | 2,531 | #153 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,975 | 2,420 | #148 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,605 | 2,242 | #152 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,319 | 2,160 | #160 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,307 | 2,093 | #166 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,074 | 1,949 | #167 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,452 | 1,855 | #172 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,884 | 2,050 | #157 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,128 | 2,133 | #151 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,065 | 1,866 | #171 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,754 | 1,748 | #177 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,641 | 1,532 | #190 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,810 | 1,330 | #203 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,710 | 1,130 | #217 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,422 | 1,205 | #204 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,160 | 1,051 | #224 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,646 | 1,008 | #223 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,917 | 1,043 | #219 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,669 | 1,088 | #219 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,651 | 1,002 | #234 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,058 | 907 | #246 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,778 | 802 | #264 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,933 | 737 | #268 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,830 | 797 | #255 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,518 | 663 | #285 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,686 | 725 | #267 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,064 | 662 | #283 |
| 1973 | — | — | 570 | #308 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,815 | 693 | #277 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,646 | 694 | #291 |
| 1970 | — | — | 675 | #298 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,833 | 640 | #300 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,427 | 641 | #295 |
| 1967 | — | — | 609 | #298 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,072 | 621 | #296 |
| 1965 | — | — | 638 | #297 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,676 | 607 | #314 |
| 1963 | — | — | 655 | #304 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,950 | 674 | #299 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,102 | 669 | #298 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,369 | 599 | #319 |
| 1959 | — | — | 611 | #314 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,457 | 615 | #305 |
| 1957 | — | — | 577 | #317 |
| 1956 | — | — | 624 | #295 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,909 | 562 | #307 |
| 1954 | — | — | 499 | #325 |
| 1953 | — | — | 463 | #328 |
| 1952 | — | — | 495 | #319 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,748 | 415 | #334 |
| 1950 | — | — | 472 | #316 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,570 | 458 | #319 |
| 1948 | — | — | 467 | #312 |
| 1947 | — | — | 517 | #303 |
| 1946 | — | — | 477 | #296 |
| 1945 | — | — | 437 | #287 |
| 1944 | — | — | 454 | #281 |
| 1943 | — | — | 547 | #258 |
| 1942 | — | — | 486 | #272 |
| 1941 | — | — | 496 | #250 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,646 | 541 | #230 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,535 | 518 | #229 |
| 1938 | — | — | 526 | #227 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,279 | 546 | #218 |
| 1936 | — | — | 513 | #223 |
| 1935 | — | — | 587 | #205 |
| 1934 | — | — | 612 | #201 |
| 1933 | — | — | 534 | #217 |
| 1932 | — | — | 627 | #205 |
| 1931 | — | — | 646 | #202 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,489 | 668 | #203 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,844 | 652 | #202 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,447 | 755 | #189 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,166 | 764 | #188 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,063 | 766 | #189 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,350 | 756 | #185 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,508 | 785 | #183 |
| 1923 | — | — | 791 | #176 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,210 | 748 | #186 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,530 | 820 | #176 |
| 1920 | — | — | 791 | #179 |
| 1919 | — | — | 702 | #183 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,126 | 749 | #177 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,209 | 756 | #168 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,756 | 723 | #165 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,589 | 662 | #173 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,380 | 439 | #193 |
| 1913 | — | — | 316 | #208 |
| 1912 | — | — | 339 | #173 |
| 1911 | — | — | 137 | #215 |
| 1910 | — | — | 109 | #224 |
| 1909 | — | — | 111 | #196 |
| 1908 | — | — | 95 | #214 |
| 1907 | — | — | 96 | #202 |
| 1906 | — | — | 80 | #220 |
| 1905 | — | — | 83 | #209 |
| 1904 | — | — | 73 | #216 |
| 1903 | — | — | 70 | #212 |
| 1902 | — | — | 71 | #211 |
| 1901 | — | — | 60 | #223 |
| 1900 | — | — | 90 | #206 |
| 1899 | — | — | 59 | #221 |
| 1898 | — | — | 80 | #190 |
| 1897 | — | — | 70 | #201 |
| 1896 | — | — | 72 | #210 |
| 1895 | — | — | 49 | #258 |
| 1894 | — | — | 57 | #227 |
| 1893 | — | — | 50 | #249 |
| 1892 | — | — | 54 | #242 |
| 1891 | — | — | 42 | #246 |
| 1890 | — | — | 38 | #281 |
| 1889 | — | — | 47 | #239 |
| 1888 | — | — | 32 | #318 |
| 1887 | — | — | 26 | #329 |
| 1886 | — | — | 34 | #295 |
| 1885 | — | — | 26 | #336 |
| 1884 | — | — | 27 | #340 |
| 1883 | — | — | 29 | #307 |
| 1882 | — | — | 25 | #361 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #404 |
| 1880 | — | — | 28 | #322 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).