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    The first name Ihor

    A boy’s name.

    2 syllables Male

    Meaning and origin

    A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name І́гор (Íhor).

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Ihor at birth, 1880–2025

    In 1967, 6 boys born in the United States were named Ihor, the 3,724th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1953, when 16 were.

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    164
    babies named Ihor since 1880
    #3,724
    rank in 1967
    1953
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Ihor

    12 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ihor Plastun
      Footballer, born 1990
    • Ihor Vozniak
      Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, born 1952
    • Ihor Kalinin
      Footballer, born 1995
    • Ihor Tenyukh
      Admiral of Ukraine, born 1958
    • Ihor Nichenko
      Association footballer, association football coach, born 1971
    • Ihor Samunenkov
      Chess player, born 2009
    • Ihor Bazhan
      Footballer, born 1981
    • Ihor Korotetskiy
      Footballer, born 1987
    • Ihor Leonov
      Footballer, born 1967
    • Ihor Zaytsev
      Footballer (1934-2016)
    • Igor Abakoumov
      Belgian road bicycle racer, born 1981
    • Igor Dolgatschew
      German actor, born 1983

    Questions

    Is Ihor a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 164 US babies named Ihor since 1880 were boys.
    When was Ihor most popular?
    1953 in the United States, when 16 babies were named Ihor, its highest rank at 1,998th.