Ivory Girl
How popular is Ivory?
#378 girl name in 2025
810 baby girls were named Ivory in the US in 2025, making it the 378th most popular girl name. Another 30 boys got the name (#3,657 for boys).
Ivory popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #378 for girls (▲ 29 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 810 girls, 30 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+105% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #717 in 2015, #601 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (810 girls) |
| Highest rank | #378 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1886 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 6% boys, 94% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ivory counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ivory family of names ranked #351 for girls in 2025 (#374 the year before), with 913 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ivory | 810 | 89% |
| Ivori | 57 | 6% |
| Ivorie | 32 | 4% |
| Ivoree | 14 | 2% |
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 Ivory is most popular
Babies named Ivory per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 1.4 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Kentucky: 1.4 per 1,000 (119 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.2 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.2 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Oklahoma: 1.0 per 1,000 (70 girls)
Ivory by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #937 |
| 1890s | 97 | #893 |
| 1900s | 184 | #668 |
| 1910s | 407 | #722 |
| 1920s | 524 | #893 |
| 1930s | 454 | #965 |
| 1940s | 526 | #1,023 |
| 1950s | 524 | #1,098 |
| 1960s | 362 | #1,486 |
| 1970s | 430 | #1,442 |
| 1980s | 1,203 | #871 |
| 1990s | 1,181 | #1,240 |
| 2000s | 1,329 | #1,303 |
| 2010s | 3,507 | #573 |
| 2020s | 3,801 | #378 |
Girl names about as popular as Ivory
Questions
- Is Ivory a boy or girl name?
- Ivory is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Ivory were girls.
- How popular is the name Ivory?
- 810 baby girls were named Ivory in the US in 2025, making it the 378th most popular girl name. Another 30 boys got the name (#3,657 for boys).
- When was Ivory most popular?
- Ivory peaked in 2025, when 810 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #378 in 2025.
- How many people are named Ivory?
- 23,114 babies have been named Ivory in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,532 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Ivory most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ivory was most common in Alaska, at 1.4 of every 1,000 girls 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.