How Many People Are Named Ivar?
people named Ivar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 307,637 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,468 babies named Ivar in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
133 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian form of IVOR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ivar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ivar alive today is about 12 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ivar first appears in the records in 1896, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 133 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ivar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,079, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #1,384.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,384 |
| Best rank | #1,079 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,577 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ivar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ivar were born in California than in any other state: about 101 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ivar was given 2.3 times as often in California and 2.1 times in Texas.
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