# Ivar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivar/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,468 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,468 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 495, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 13,013 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,390 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,764 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,236 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,708 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,156 |
| 2017 | 48 | 2,611 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,108 |
| 2019 | 87 | 1,779 |
| 2020 | 79 | 1,881 |
| 2021 | 93 | 1,741 |
| 2022 | 121 | 1,500 |
| 2023 | 126 | 1,442 |
| 2024 | 116 | 1,523 |
| 2025 | 133 | 1,384 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 45 | 731 |
| 2020 | 48 | 699 |
| 2021 | 78 | 503 |
| 2022 | 77 | 509 |
| 2023 | 70 | 544 |
| 2024 | 58 | 648 |
| 2025 | 57 | 639 |

## People named Ivar

- Ivar Lykke, 17th Prime Minister of Norway (1872–1949)
- Lord Ivar Mountbatten, British aristocrat, farmer, geologist, and businessman
- Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer and sportsperson (born 1960)
- Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (1889–1929)
- Ivar Mathisen, Canoe racer (1920–2008)
- Ivar Lykke, Danish footballer (1889-1955)
- Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and literary scholar (1927–1992)
- Ivar Hansen, Danish politician (1938–2003)
- Ivar Ugi, Estonian-German chemist (1930-2005)
- Ivar Asjes, Curaçaoan politician
- Ivar Slik, cyclist
- Ivar Huitfeldt, Dano-Norwegian naval officer (1665–1710)

## 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.