Ivar

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Ivar is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to Germanic names became homophonous.

From Wikipedia

Ivar first appears in the data in 1896 and has been recorded in 78 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 126 babies (rank #1,440 that year). In 2024 it was given to 116 boys (rank #1,522). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Ivar

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ivar yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1,334
Total babies (all years)
78
Years in the data
126
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18965#1,177
19085#1,499
191111#1,080
19129#1,817
191312#1,628
191410#2,185
191515#1,923
19168#3,050
191712#2,350
191817#1,949
191915#2,102
192016#2,091
192113#2,429
19226#4,062
192311#2,694
192410#2,920
192513#2,366
19269#3,017
192710#2,801
192812#2,452
192914#2,141
193011#2,521
193114#2,046
19327#3,221
19338#2,860
193411#2,329
19358#2,815
19366#3,340
19375#3,778
19387#3,014
19397#2,968
19427#3,072
19439#2,644
19445#3,653
19476#3,530
19486#3,474
19506#3,484
19515#3,951
19538#3,025
19548#3,052
19558#3,080
19565#4,189
19585#4,201
19605#4,299
196110#2,788
196210#2,747
19657#3,385
19665#4,204
19698#3,427
19706#4,461
19717#4,143
19747#4,353
19775#6,245
19785#6,193
19796#5,647
19865#7,155
19895#8,402
19976#8,584
20007#8,551
20025#11,359
200310#6,919
20068#9,043
200810#7,915
20098#9,310
20105#13,012
20116#11,388
201311#7,225
201411#7,234
201510#7,707
201614#6,155
201748#2,611
201867#2,107
201987#1,779
202079#1,879
202193#1,741
2022121#1,499
2023126#1,440
2024116#1,522