# Ivan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈaɪ.vən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Ivy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 150,787 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 150,137 / 650 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,305, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Ива́н (Iván), and from Ivan in several Slavic languages. Doublet of John and its relatives Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Johann, and Sean, etc.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 | 7,469 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,718 |
| 2003 | 16 | 7,006 |
| 2004 | 17 | 6,902 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,711 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,240 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,610 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,988 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,712 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,718 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,355 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,233 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,072 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,264 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,127 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,114 | 128 |
| 2012 | 3,233 | 113 |
| 2013 | 2,859 | 138 |
| 2014 | 3,079 | 132 |
| 2015 | 3,047 | 137 |
| 2016 | 3,161 | 131 |
| 2017 | 3,048 | 135 |
| 2018 | 2,911 | 133 |
| 2019 | 2,690 | 140 |
| 2020 | 2,442 | 153 |
| 2021 | 2,291 | 168 |
| 2022 | 2,363 | 159 |
| 2023 | 2,390 | 153 |
| 2024 | 2,354 | 153 |
| 2025 | 2,240 | 163 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 137 | 323 |
| 2012 | 124 | 354 |
| 2013 | 121 | 342 |
| 2014 | 128 | 345 |
| 2015 | 163 | 290 |
| 2016 | 171 | 291 |
| 2017 | 167 | 299 |
| 2018 | 163 | 298 |
| 2019 | 149 | 317 |
| 2020 | 172 | 275 |
| 2021 | 164 | 284 |
| 2022 | 190 | 248 |
| 2023 | 146 | 304 |
| 2024 | 167 | 274 |
| 2025 | 159 | 283 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: إِيفَان
- Armenian: Իվան
- Bulgarian: Ива́н
- Chinese: 伊万
- Czech: Ivan
- Danish: Ivan
- Esperanto: Ivano
- Finnish: Iivana
- French: Ivan
- Georgian: ივან
- German: Iwan, Ivan
- Greek: Ιβάν
- Hindi: इवान
- Hungarian: Iván
- Italian: Ivano
- Japanese: イワン, イヴァン
- Korean: 이반
- Latin: Ivan
- Latvian: Ivans
- Lithuanian: Ivãnas

## People named Ivan

- Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
- Ivan Perišić, Croatian footballer (born 1989)
- Ivan Vazov, Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921)
- Ivan Lendl, Czech and American tennis player (born 1960)
- Iván Duque, 33rd President of Colombia 2018–2022
- Ivan Illich, Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
- Ivan Strinić, Croatian association football player (born 1987)
- Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
- Ivan Hašek, Czech association football player and manager
- Ivan Klasnić, Croatian footballer
- Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer (born 1976)
- Ivan Bilibin, celebrated Russian illustrator (1876-1942)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.