Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ivory**

#956 most common girls' name of all time · #1,724 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#956
Rank overall
#1,724 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
23,114
Since 2016
6,071
Peak year
2025 #378
Best rank
#378 2025
Girls Boys peak 840/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ivory is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 810 30 840 #378
2024 784 34 818 #407
2023 587 28 615 #518
2022 599 33 632 #520
2021 538 28 566 #566
2020 483 35 518 #602
2019 531 39 570 #574
2018 464 38 502 #641
2017 468 50 518 #630
2016 464 28 492 #639
2015 396 36 432 #718
2014 374 32 406 #750
2013 299 33 332 #864
2012 245 36 281 #1,035
2011 150 25 175 #1,491
2010 116 30 146 #1,769
2009 117 24 141 #1,830
2008 147 19 166 #1,565
2007 130 28 158 #1,690
2006 130 33 163 #1,628
2005 148 33 181 #1,437
2004 106 35 141 #1,795
2003 146 34 180 #1,375
2002 124 30 154 #1,522
2001 147 35 182 #1,304
2000 134 38 172 #1,388
1999 142 39 181 #1,296
1998 146 41 187 #1,245
1997 95 48 143 #1,660
1996 116 46 162 #1,425
1995 91 41 132 #1,628
1994 111 48 159 #1,435
1993 131 52 183 #1,290
1992 109 48 157 #1,454
1991 116 57 173 #1,383
1990 124 59 183 #1,309
1989 104 57 161 #1,427
1988 115 67 182 #1,271
1987 117 55 172 #1,222
1986 108 72 180 #1,256
1985 134 67 201 #1,083
1984 135 58 193 #1,046
1983 173 71 244 #874
1982 177 81 258 #872
1981 67 70 137 #1,700
1980 73 76 149 #1,584
1979 84 82 166 #1,442
1978 62 63 125 #1,694
1977 45 71 116 #2,094
1976 55 45 100 #1,731
1975 30 69 99 #2,568
1974 28 62 90 #2,627
1973 35 82 117 #2,229
1972 25 56 81 #2,754
1971 33 79 112 #2,342
1970 33 86 119 #2,314
1969 39 67 106 #2,006
1968 19 54 73 #2,978
1967 17 84 101 #3,095
1966 30 73 103 #2,155
1965 27 88 115 #2,299
1964 44 89 133 #1,751
1963 40 113 153 #1,846
1962 43 100 143 #1,739
1961 48 118 166 #1,627
1960 55 132 187 #1,490
1959 47 123 170 #1,585
1958 41 159 200 #1,683
1957 58 157 215 #1,390
1956 59 149 208 #1,353
1955 51 143 194 #1,408
1954 34 166 200 #1,776
1953 38 121 159 #1,592
1952 71 162 233 #1,120
1951 55 158 213 #1,255
1950 70 178 248 #1,100
1949 53 124 177 #1,253
1948 55 126 181 #1,226
1947 58 94 152 #1,185
1946 52 93 145 #1,199
1945 56 84 140 #1,034
1944 53 108 161 #1,073
1943 54 102 156 #1,091
1942 58 96 154 #1,028
1941 38 68 106 #1,229
1940 49 80 129 #1,026
1939 48 97 145 #1,030
1938 46 84 130 #1,059
1937 44 78 122 #1,075
1936 41 70 111 #1,101
1935 51 73 124 #967
1934 44 76 120 #1,052
1933 38 77 115 #1,146
1932 48 78 126 #1,019
1931 43 69 112 #1,082
1930 51 69 120 #1,035
1929 42 84 126 #1,145
1928 37 96 133 #1,260
1927 70 91 161 #896
1926 54 66 120 #1,016
1925 52 70 122 #1,052
1924 56 94 150 #1,037
1923 55 75 130 #1,016
1922 61 76 137 #955
1921 40 80 120 #1,225
1920 57 80 137 #973
1919 57 89 146 #940
1918 54 79 133 #980
1917 43 59 102 #1,087
1916 39 73 112 #1,130
1915 45 52 97 #993
1914 35 48 83 #1,011
1913 32 41 73 #950
1912 34 30 64 #863
1911 36 31 67 #727
1910 32 27 59 #759
1909 23 29 52 #850
1908 16 19 35 #1,012
1907 19 19 38 #883
1906 15 25 40 #978
1905 20 21 41 #835
1904 27 18 45 #676
1903 12 11 23 #1,042
1902 17 19 36 #860
1901 20 12 32 #736
1900 15 25 40 #987
1899 11 14 25 #1,004
1898 9 9 #1,199
1897 13 9 22 #915
1896 12 10 22 #971
1895 13 16 29 #909
1894 9 8 17 #1,085
1893 9 6 15 #1,048
1892 7 9 16 #1,199
1891 7 5 12 #1,126
1890 7 13 20 #1,124
1889 5 10 15 #1,313
1888 8 8
1887 7 7 14 #975
1886 5 5 #1,155
1885 8 8
1884 12 12
1883 7 7
1882 7 7
1880 8 8