Meaning not yet researched.
Ivory: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 810 in 2025. Its best rank was #378 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 96% of babies named Ivory in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#378 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Ivory: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 810 girls in 2025. Peak: #378 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 810 (2025).
In 2025, 810 US girls were named Ivory, making it the 378th most common girls’ name of the year, up 29 places from #407 in 2024. That is 26 more than the 784 girls named Ivory in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #378, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 810. For comparison, it was #718 in 2015 and #1,105 in 1950.
In 2025, 30 US boys were named Ivory, making it the 3,693rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 276 places from #3,417 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 34 boys named Ivory in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #447, reached in 1906. The most boys given the name in a single year was 178, in 1950. For comparison, it was #3,183 in 2015 and #500 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ivory in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 23,114 US babies have been given the name, 63% of them girls and 37% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 3,989 babies named Ivory.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,728 US girls were named Ivory; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 810. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,984 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ivory ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #100 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Ivery, Ivori and Ivorie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ivery (1,302), Ivori (601), Ivorie (477), Ivoree (264), Every (20), Ivary (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Ivory in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 7 | #100 | — |
| Oklahoma | 28 | #134 | #543 |
| Kentucky | 31 | #143 | #671 |
| Iowa | 20 | #162 | #640 |
| Arkansas | 17 | #180 | #537 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #192 | — |
| Idaho | 11 | #208 | — |
| Tennessee | 33 | #242 | #707 |
| Indiana | 27 | #263 | #805 |
| South Carolina | 19 | #273 | #697 |
| Missouri | 22 | #282 | #779 |
| Alabama | 16 | #306 | — |
| Oregon | 12 | #310 | — |
| Ohio | 36 | #311 | #758 |
| Texas | 108 | #313 | #815 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #341 | — |
| Michigan | 26 | #344 | #1,177 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #356 | #944 |
| North Carolina | 31 | #356 | #689 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #357 | #390 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #360 | — |
| Maryland | 15 | #368 | #665 |
| Georgia | 30 | #371 | #751 |
| Utah | 12 | #373 | #382 |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #390 | #559 |
| Illinois | 24 | #447 | #1,344 |
| Virginia | 16 | #498 | #1,134 |
| Arizona | 12 | #556 | #808 |
| California | 58 | #559 | #617 |
| Florida | 31 | #576 | #678 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #582 | #707 |
| Kansas | 5 | #618 | — |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #713 | — |
| New York | 23 | #714 | #830 |
| Colorado | 7 | #743 | #653 |
| Washington | 8 | #766 | #612 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #777 | #636 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #980 | #1,252 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 810 | #378 | 30 | #3,693 |
| 2024 | 784 | #407 | 34 | #3,417 |
| 2023 | 587 | #519 | 28 | #3,934 |
| 2022 | 599 | #520 | 33 | #3,493 |
| 2021 | 538 | #566 | 28 | #3,855 |
| 2020 | 483 | #604 | 35 | #3,233 |
| 2019 | 531 | #574 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2018 | 464 | #641 | 38 | #3,069 |
| 2017 | 468 | #631 | 50 | #2,543 |
| 2016 | 464 | #640 | 28 | #3,821 |
| 2015 | 396 | #718 | 36 | #3,183 |
| 2014 | 374 | #750 | 32 | #3,411 |
| 2013 | 299 | #864 | 33 | #3,291 |
| 2012 | 245 | #1,035 | 36 | #3,137 |
| 2011 | 150 | #1,493 | 25 | #4,028 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,776 | 30 | #3,572 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,834 | 24 | #4,205 |
| 2008 | 147 | #1,565 | 19 | #4,965 |
| 2007 | 130 | #1,691 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,633 | 33 | #3,256 |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,438 | 33 | #3,115 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,799 | 35 | #2,912 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,377 | 34 | #2,876 |
| 2002 | 124 | #1,525 | 30 | #3,044 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,305 | 35 | #2,711 |
| 2000 | 134 | #1,390 | 38 | #2,497 |
| 1999 | 142 | #1,294 | 39 | #2,313 |
| 1998 | 146 | #1,248 | 41 | #2,213 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,660 | 48 | #1,917 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,427 | 46 | #1,941 |
| 1995 | 91 | #1,629 | 41 | #2,038 |
| 1994 | 111 | #1,436 | 48 | #1,806 |
| 1993 | 131 | #1,292 | 52 | #1,683 |
| 1992 | 109 | #1,455 | 48 | #1,754 |
| 1991 | 116 | #1,387 | 57 | #1,534 |
| 1990 | 124 | #1,310 | 59 | #1,477 |
| 1989 | 104 | #1,429 | 57 | #1,466 |
| 1988 | 115 | #1,270 | 67 | #1,252 |
| 1987 | 117 | #1,223 | 55 | #1,351 |
| 1986 | 108 | #1,255 | 72 | #1,106 |
| 1985 | 134 | #1,084 | 67 | #1,142 |
| 1984 | 135 | #1,046 | 58 | #1,205 |
| 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 | #3,131 | 84 | #796 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,163 | 73 | #852 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,316 | 88 | #792 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,759 | 89 | #803 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,846 | 113 | #733 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,740 | 100 | #766 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,632 | 118 | #705 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,494 | 132 | #684 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,588 | 123 | #688 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,685 | 159 | #611 |
| 1957 | 58 | #1,392 | 157 | #613 |
| 1956 | 59 | #1,353 | 149 | #624 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,414 | 143 | #622 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,784 | 166 | #573 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,594 | 121 | #650 |
| 1952 | 71 | #1,122 | 162 | #550 |
| 1951 | 55 | #1,259 | 158 | #542 |
| 1950 | 70 | #1,105 | 178 | #500 |
| 1949 | 53 | #1,256 | 124 | #610 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,228 | 126 | #605 |
| 1947 | 58 | #1,189 | 94 | #709 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,196 | 93 | #672 |
| 1945 | 56 | #1,042 | 84 | #660 |
| 1944 | 53 | #1,073 | 108 | #593 |
| 1943 | 54 | #1,094 | 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 | #1,260 | 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 | — | — |
| 1897 | 13 | #913 | 9 | #758 |
| 1896 | 12 | #973 | 10 | #753 |
| 1895 | 13 | #913 | 16 | #517 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,100 | 8 | #823 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,045 | 6 | #966 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,215 | 9 | #770 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,148 | 5 | #1,039 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,142 | 13 | #550 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,376 | 10 | #649 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #785 |
| 1887 | 7 | #987 | 7 | #790 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #735 |
| 1884 | — | — | 12 | #559 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #763 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #798 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #713 |
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).