How rare is the name Ivan?

137,218 people in the United States have the first name Ivan, about 1 in 2,201. It ranks #413 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

IVAN

#413

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
137,218
About
1 in 2,201
This common or more
54.9%
Who bears it

Of the 137,218 people named Ivan, 63.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 25.2% as White and 5.6% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ivan peaked in 2004, when 3,479 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
3,479
In 2025*
2,240 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 150,787 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ivan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #235. The largest share of babies named Ivan, 31%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#684292
1890s#594571
1900s#578829
1910s#4274,967
1920s#4177,691
1930s#4745,798
1940s#6044,890
1950s#6995,350
1960s#6696,399
1970s#6127,078
1980s#44711,410
1990s#31620,665
2000s#24330,810
2010s#23529,951
2020s#28914,086
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–277.9%
Silent Generation 1928–456.8%
Baby boom 1946–647%
Generation X 1965–807.4%
Millennials 1981–9616.1%
Generation Z 1997–1231%
2013 and later23.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ivan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ivan has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), California (2.4×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.11×).

144,996 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ivan

#411 Heidi · 137,519#412 Colleen · 137,514#414 Levi · 136,747#415 Shelby · 136,597

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ivan, most common first.

#2,668 Ivana · 8,816#6,204 Ivon · 2,610#15,816 Iven · 722#20,403 Ivin · 507#37,938 Ivann · 204#41,276 Ivane · 178#41,689 Ivani · 175#47,034 Ivano · 140

Also a last name

As a last name, Ivan ranks #17,426 of 156,621, with 1,586 people. See Ivan as a last name

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