Ivan
Ivan is ranked 153rd among boys in 2024 (2,340 births). Its best rank was 113th, in 2012.
- Rank in 2024
- #153same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,3400.14% of boys
- Peak year
- 20043,462 births
- Best rank
- #113in 2012
- Since 1880
- 147,869people given the name
The story in the numbers
147,869 boys have been named Ivan in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 3,462 births — 0.17% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 132 → 153).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 21%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ivan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 292 | |
| 1890s | 571 | |
| 1900s | 829 | |
| 1910s | 4,932 | |
| 1920s | 7,628 | |
| 1930s | 5,777 | |
| 1940s | 4,880 | |
| 1950s | 5,335 | |
| 1960s | 6,349 | |
| 1970s | 7,019 | |
| 1980s | 11,296 | |
| 1990s | 20,514 | |
| 2000s | 30,715 | |
| 2010s | 29,911 | |
| 2020s | 11,821 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Ivan was the 117th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Ivan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Davispeak 2007
- Prestonpeak 2007
- Marianopeak 2022
- Saulpeak 2006
- Reedpeak 2014
- Ishmaelpeak 2017
- Pablopeak 2006
- Grantpeak 1997
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.