first name
IVORY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,058 people named Ivory, 59.8% reported their origin as Black, 20.1% as White and 11% as Hispanic or Latino. 67.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ivory peaked in 2025, when 840 babies got the name.
At least 23,114 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.
Ivory by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #893. The largest share of babies named Ivory, 31.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Ivory is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ivory has been most common in Louisiana (5.9×), Mississippi (4.5×), and Arkansas (4.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.12×).
14,949 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 Ivory
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ivory, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ivory ranks #4,894 of 156,621, with 6,988 people. See Ivory as a last name
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