Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: GermanIvan is a male given name of Slavic origin, related to a variant of the Greek name Iōánnēs, which in turn derives from the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן, meaning "God is gracious". The name is strongly associated with Slavic countries and cultures.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ivan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Ivan is down 24% across the decade, at 2,340 births and rank 153, having reached 3,462 births in 2004 and its best placing of 113 in 2012. Present since 1880 with 148,518 births, spread evenly enough that the name has never belonged to one American generation. The bearers run from Ivan I of Moscow, born 1304, through the tennis player Ivan Lendl, born 1960, to the Croatian footballers Rakitić and Perišić. That range is wider than almost any list in these four batches. Ivan's American usage draws on both Slavic and Spanish-speaking families, two routes that rarely overlap, which may explain why its decline has been gentler than the purely Spanish names of Luis and Juan.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 28 | #322 |
| 1881 | 18 | #404 |
| 1882 | 25 | #361 |
| 1883 | 29 | #307 |
| 1884 | 27 | #340 |
| 1885 | 26 | #336 |
| 1886 | 34 | #295 |
| 1887 | 26 | #329 |
| 1888 | 32 | #318 |
| 1889 | 47 | #239 |
| 1890 | 38 | #281 |
| 1891 | 42 | #246 |
| 1892 | 54 | #242 |
| 1893 | 50 | #249 |
| 1894 | 57 | #227 |
| 1895 | 49 | #258 |
| 1896 | 72 | #210 |
| 1897 | 70 | #201 |
| 1898 | 80 | #190 |
| 1899 | 59 | #221 |
| 1900 | 90 | #206 |
| 1901 | 60 | #223 |
| 1902 | 71 | #211 |
| 1903 | 70 | #212 |
| 1904 | 73 | #216 |
| 1905 | 83 | #209 |
| 1906 | 80 | #220 |
| 1907 | 96 | #202 |
| 1908 | 95 | #214 |
| 1909 | 111 | #196 |
| 1910 | 109 | #224 |
| 1911 | 137 | #215 |
| 1912 | 339 | #173 |
| 1913 | 316 | #208 |
| 1914 | 439 | #193 |
| 1915 | 662 | #173 |
| 1916 | 723 | #165 |
| 1917 | 756 | #168 |
| 1918 | 749 | #177 |
| 1919 | 702 | #183 |
| 1920 | 791 | #179 |
| 1921 | 820 | #176 |
| 1922 | 748 | #186 |
| 1923 | 791 | #176 |
| 1924 | 785 | #183 |
| 1925 | 756 | #185 |
| 1926 | 766 | #189 |
| 1927 | 764 | #188 |
| 1928 | 755 | #189 |
| 1929 | 652 | #202 |
| 1930 | 668 | #203 |
| 1931 | 646 | #202 |
| 1932 | 627 | #205 |
| 1933 | 534 | #217 |
| 1934 | 612 | #201 |
| 1935 | 587 | #205 |
| 1936 | 513 | #223 |
| 1937 | 546 | #218 |
| 1938 | 526 | #227 |
| 1939 | 518 | #229 |
| 1940 | 541 | #230 |
| 1941 | 496 | #250 |
| 1942 | 486 | #272 |
| 1943 | 547 | #258 |
| 1944 | 454 | #281 |
| 1945 | 437 | #287 |
| 1946 | 477 | #296 |
| 1947 | 517 | #303 |
| 1948 | 467 | #312 |
| 1949 | 458 | #319 |
| 1950 | 472 | #316 |
| 1951 | 415 | #334 |
| 1952 | 495 | #319 |
| 1953 | 463 | #328 |
| 1954 | 499 | #325 |
| 1955 | 561 | #307 |
| 1956 | 626 | #295 |
| 1957 | 576 | #317 |
| 1958 | 616 | #305 |
| 1959 | 612 | #313 |
| 1960 | 598 | #319 |
| 1961 | 668 | #298 |
| 1962 | 674 | #299 |
| 1963 | 654 | #304 |
| 1964 | 607 | #314 |
| 1965 | 637 | #298 |
| 1966 | 621 | #297 |
| 1967 | 608 | #298 |
| 1968 | 642 | #295 |
| 1969 | 640 | #300 |
| 1970 | 676 | #298 |
| 1971 | 695 | #291 |
| 1972 | 693 | #277 |
| 1973 | 570 | #308 |
| 1974 | 662 | #283 |
| 1975 | 725 | #267 |
| 1976 | 662 | #285 |
| 1977 | 797 | #255 |
| 1978 | 737 | #268 |
| 1979 | 802 | #264 |
| 1980 | 907 | #246 |
| 1981 | 1,002 | #234 |
| 1982 | 1,088 | #219 |
| 1983 | 1,043 | #219 |
| 1984 | 1,008 | #223 |
| 1985 | 1,050 | #224 |
| 1986 | 1,206 | #204 |
| 1987 | 1,130 | #217 |
| 1988 | 1,329 | #203 |
| 1989 | 1,533 | #190 |
| 1990 | 1,748 | #177 |
| 1991 | 1,865 | #171 |
| 1992 | 2,133 | #151 |
| 1993 | 2,050 | #157 |
| 1994 | 1,855 | #172 |
| 1995 | 1,949 | #167 |
| 1996 | 2,093 | #166 |
| 1997 | 2,160 | #160 |
| 1998 | 2,241 | #153 |
| 1999 | 2,420 | #148 |
| 2000 | 2,531 | #153 |
| 2001 | 2,826 | #141 |
| 2002 | 2,816 | #136 |
| 2003 | 3,145 | #127 |
| 2004 | 3,462 | #117 |
| 2005 | 3,239 | #126 |
| 2006 | 3,316 | #127 |
| 2007 | 3,274 | #127 |
| 2008 | 3,114 | #132 |
| 2009 | 2,992 | #136 |
| 2010 | 2,771 | #144 |
| 2011 | 3,114 | #128 |
| 2012 | 3,233 | #113 |
| 2013 | 2,859 | #138 |
| 2014 | 3,079 | #132 |
| 2015 | 3,047 | #137 |
| 2016 | 3,160 | #131 |
| 2017 | 3,048 | #135 |
| 2018 | 2,910 | #133 |
| 2019 | 2,690 | #140 |
| 2020 | 2,440 | #153 |
| 2021 | 2,291 | #168 |
| 2022 | 2,363 | #159 |
| 2023 | 2,387 | #153 |
| 2024 | 2,340 | #153 |
