Iver
Iver was the 2170th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 871st; the most babies were born in 2023 (81). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,226 places. More babies were named Iver in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,170 boys, up 991 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 66boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202381 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,789babies recorded
Iver popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 102 since 1900.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,170 | 66 |
| 2020 | #3,161 | 36 |
| 2010 | #7,268 | 11 |
| 2000 | #9,556 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #5,167 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #3,486 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,031 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,367 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1910 | #1,501 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | #1,077 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Iver, counting every spelling?
Iver is the most common spelling of a name family that had 76 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 76 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iver | 66 | #2,170 | 347 |
| Ivor | 10 | #7,884 | 57 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Iver?
66 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Iver (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Iver born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 127 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Iver.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Iver?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Iver are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Iver a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Iver by state
How common Iver was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Minnesota (7.1×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Iver: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Iver, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Iver
How popular is the name Iver?
Iver was the 2170th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 871st; the most babies were born in 2023 (81). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,226 places. More babies were named Iver in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Iver a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Iver in the US.
Where is Iver most popular?
In 2021–2025, Iver was most common in Minnesota (0.28 per 1,000 boys), followed by Wisconsin and California.