Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Ivory name popularity since 1925
20,851 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ivory (65.1% girls, 34.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1994 or earlier, so the typical Ivory is about 32 years old in 2026. Ivory peaked in 2025 as the #378 name for girls, and it ranked #378 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,851
- Named Ivory, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #378
- for girls in 2025 (810 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 65.1% girls
- 13,572 girls · 7,279 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 5.45× its national share
Peak year is the year Ivory made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ivory births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Ivory both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1983 and 1988, Ivory's share of baby girls fell by 38%, from 1 in 9,660 to 1 in 15,500.
- Fastest rise: Between 2010 and 2015, it became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 15,300 baby girls to 1 in 4,510.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ivory's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ivory.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ivory in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 255 | 407 | – |
| 1930s | 454 | 771 | #967 |
| 1940s | 526 | 975 | #1,042 |
| 1950s | 524 | 1,516 | #1,414 |
| 1960s | 362 | 918 | #2,316 |
| 1970s | 430 | 695 | #2,579 |
| 1980s | 1,203 | 674 | #1,084 |
| 1990s | 1,181 | 479 | #1,629 |
| 2000s | 1,329 | 309 | #1,438 |
| 2010s | 3,507 | 347 | #718 |
| 2020–25 | 3,801 | 188 | #378 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
34.7% of babies named Ivory from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Ivory is most popular
The index compares Ivory's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ivory.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 5.45× | 1,388 |
| Mississippi | 4.54× | 780 |
| Arkansas | 4.16× | 607 |
| South Carolina | 1.88× | 373 |
| Texas | 1.69× | 1,883 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ivory's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ivory.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ivory (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data