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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Iverson

Iverson was the 1413th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 129 babies. Its best year was 1891, when it ranked 904th; the most babies were born in 2024 (140). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,244 places. More babies were named Iverson in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,413 boys, up 268 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
129boys
Girls and boys
10% girls, 90% boys2021–2025
Peak year
2024140 babies
Total since 1880
2,241babies recorded

Iverson popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#9,724#1,41310129
2020#9,820#1,6811094
2010—#2,928—40
2000—#2,592—36
1990————
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1950—#2,504—10
1940—#3,285—6
1930—#3,793—6
1920—#2,673—11
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How popular is Iverson, counting every spelling?

Iverson has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,345 for boys in 2025, against #1,413 on the official list.

How many kids will share the name Iverson?

129 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Iverson (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Iverson 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 65 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Iverson.

Chance of another Iverson in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inKentuckyunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Iverson?

About 1,900 people born in the US named Iverson are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 4 and 21. That makes Iverson a young name: most people with it are children.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Iverson by state

How common Iverson was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 35 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWI0.04Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMN0.09Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMA0.04Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCO0.04Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKY0.05West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.04New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTN0.06North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Iverson, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Iverson: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Iverson, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Iverson

How popular is the name Iverson?

Iverson was the 1413th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 129 babies. Its best year was 1891, when it ranked 904th; the most babies were born in 2024 (140). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,244 places. More babies were named Iverson in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Iverson a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 10% girls, 90% boys given the name Iverson in the US.

Where is Iverson most popular?

In 2021–2025, Iverson was most common in Minnesota (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arkansas and Florida.