Iver Boy
How popular is Iver?
#2,167 boy name in 2025
66 baby boys were named Iver in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
Iver popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,167 for boys (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+100% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,364 in 2015, #3,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (81 boys) |
| Highest rank | #819 in 1887 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Iver counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ivar family of names ranked #964 for boys in 2025 (#1,005 the year before), with 209 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ivar | 133 | 64% |
| Iver | 66 | 32% |
| Ivor | 10 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Iver is most popular
Babies named Iver per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.3 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Iver by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #819 |
| 1890s | 31 | #840 |
| 1900s | 40 | #951 |
| 1910s | 206 | #1,058 |
| 1920s | 211 | #1,235 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,489 |
| 1940s | 58 | #1,983 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,530 |
| 1960s | 36 | #2,981 |
| 1970s | 28 | #3,961 |
| 1980s | 13 | #4,938 |
| 1990s | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2000s | 75 | #5,551 |
| 2010s | 380 | #2,082 |
| 2020s | 383 | #1,928 |
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Questions
- Is Iver a boy or girl name?
- Iver is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Iver were boys.
- How popular is the name Iver?
- 66 baby boys were named Iver in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
- When was Iver most popular?
- Iver peaked in 2023, when 81 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #819 in 1887.
- How many people are named Iver?
- 1,789 babies have been named Iver in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,033 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Iver most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Iver was most common in Minnesota, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.