Ivan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Ivan is a male given name of Slavic origin, related to a variant of the Greek name Iลรกnnฤ“s, which in turn derives from the Hebrew ื™ื•ึนื—ึธื ึธืŸ, meaning "God is gracious". The name is strongly associated with Slavic countries and cultures.

From Wikipedia

Ivan first appears in the data in 1950 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 78 babies (rank #215 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ivan

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

1,794
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
78
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
19501#16
19541#91
19551#794
19572#771
19582#803
19602#840
19625#680
19632#897
19642#885
19652#919
19662#945
196710#577
196823#398
196915#505
197022#429
197122#431
197223#405
197327#364
197433#327
197524#384
197626#376
197726#370
197821#416
197920#444
198027#388
198123#422
198231#366
198322#433
198424#429
198525#426
198628#419
198719#515
198823#487
198928#456
199039#379
199121#537
199227#478
199315#621
199419#564
199519#560
199633#422
199725#489
199831#447
199933#429
200045#362
200145#362
200270#264
200351#315
200461#272
200575#232
200678#215
200772#226
200873#215
200964#236
201065#226
201169#216
201257#235
201370#194
201473#188