Igor

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Russian

Meaning

Igor is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, see Igor of Kiev. The name can be translated as warrior under the protection of the god Ing or protector of the gods.

From Wikipedia

Igor first appears in the data in 1945 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 55 babies (rank #272 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Igor

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

1,153
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
55
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19451#155
19531#28
19541#87
19551#788
19564#653
19572#769
19582#799
19605#658
19616#644
196212#506
196312#521
196410#559
196521#412
196611#555
196724#381
196825#378
196925#391
197041#314
197155#272
197255#263
197354#252
197441#293
197528#348
197631#344
197729#358
197821#414
197919#454
198017#504
198126#402
198210#641
198319#466
198411#626
19859#692
198610#680
198732#394
198817#555
198918#546
199021#529
199117#590
199222#527
199319#564
199413#669
199514#638
199626#483
199723#522
199832#432
199943#364
200030#456
200127#477
200226#476
200320#548
200418#573
200521#524
200618#563
200713#629
200815#595
20096#897
20108#788
20115#915
20125#924
20133#1,078
20152#84