Ivory

girls’ name · 62%boys’ name · 38%At its peakCompare

Ivory is ranked 404th among girls in 2024 (784 births). Its best rank was 404th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #404up 116 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7840.05% of girls
Peak year: 2024784 births
Best rank: #404in 2024
Since 1886: 22,269people given the name

Babies named Ivory, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

13,732 girls have been named Ivory in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 784 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Ivory is used for both sexes: 38% of its bearers are boys (8,537), most of them born around 1950.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Ivory
1880s	17
1890s	97
1900s	184
1910s	407
1920s	524
1930s	453
1940s	527
1950s	524
1960s	362
1970s	430
1980s	1,203
1990s	1,181
2000s	1,329
2010s	3,506
2020s	2,988

In 2024, its biggest year

Ivory was the 404th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Ivory

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.