Ivor

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ivor: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ivor: Recorded since 1964, it reached #146 in 1969, and it stood at #524 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#146highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
1999	#2097
2000	#1167
2001	#1746
2002	#2254
2003	#1410
2004	#1280
2005	#1190
2006	#1401
2007	#1578
2008	#1596
2009	#1568
2010	#1029
2011	#1251
2012	#1119
2013	#976
2014	#935
2015	#873
2016	#903
2017	#719
2018	#646
2019	#768
2020	#579
2021	#751
2022	#626
2023	#665
2024	#524

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 30 years from 1964 to 1993.

In 2024: #524 among boys in England and Wales, #535 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #214 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1993
Highest recorded position: #146 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1964–1993).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #524 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ivor appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 768 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Ivor across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ivor's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#214 (1964)	#146 (1969)	#302 (1993)	26 of 30	236 (1964–1993)	19 (1972)
England and Wales · Boys	#2337 (1997)	#524 (2024)	#524 (2024)	28 of 28	768 (1997–2024)	74 (2024)

Ivor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ivor in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	120	10 of 10	12
2010s	343	10 of 10	34
2020sbusiest	291	5 of 10	58

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 58 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ivor appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #146 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Ivor's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#524	74	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#665	53	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#626	57	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#751	45	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#579	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#768	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#646	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#719	48	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#903	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#873	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#935	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#976	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1029	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	11	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	19	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	19	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	12	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	18	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	16	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	7	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	8	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #146, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 74 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ivy · #5, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Manus · #147, 54y
Clifford · #142, 51y
Daphne · #150, 49y
Diarmaid · #142, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Roderick · #146, 47y
Ultan · #146, 61y
Columba · #145, 10y
Eunan · #147, 41y

Ivor was ranked #146 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ivor and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ivor without appearing here.

Ivor moved ahead of

Conan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #1568 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1029 and #3332.
Kristoffer Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2074 and #1821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1167 and #3036.
Nils Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2254 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1280 and #3009.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1596 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1568 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Ivor

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Tadhg Compare
In 1978 they stood at #205 and #212 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1979 that had become #245 and #152.
Cian Compare
In 1972 they stood at #151 and #168 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1973 that had become #238 and #152.
Aaron Compare
In 1972 they stood at #151 and #194 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1973 that had become #238 and #157.

Moved the opposite way to Ivor

Oisin Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ivor went from #214 to #302 while Oisin went from #232 to #73.
Tadhg Compare
Between 1965 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ivor went from #170 to #302 while Tadhg went from #222 to #127.
Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ivor went from #2337 to #524 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ivor went from #2337 to #524 while Adam went from #20 to #35.

Moved the same way as Ivor

Anthony Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ivor went from #214 to #302 and Anthony from #12 to #37.
Brendan Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ivor went from #214 to #302 and Brendan from #17 to #54.
Declan Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ivor went from #214 to #302 and Declan from #23 to #69.
Derek Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ivor went from #214 to #302 and Derek from #30 to #98.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #146 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ivor

Ivor at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ivor across 2 official records

Ivor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ivor appears in

Popularity data

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Ivor across 2 official records

Ivor by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ivor appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ivor

Ivor and the names beside it

Ivor moved ahead of

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