# Ivory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivory/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,114 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,568 / 14,546 (63% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 139, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The surname is habitational from Ivry in Normandy, and in some cases patronymic from a diminutive of Ivor. The modern given name is associated with ivory.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 1,493 |
| 2012 | 245 | 1,035 |
| 2013 | 299 | 864 |
| 2014 | 374 | 750 |
| 2015 | 396 | 718 |
| 2016 | 464 | 640 |
| 2017 | 468 | 631 |
| 2018 | 464 | 641 |
| 2019 | 531 | 574 |
| 2020 | 483 | 604 |
| 2021 | 538 | 566 |
| 2022 | 599 | 520 |
| 2023 | 587 | 519 |
| 2024 | 784 | 407 |
| 2025 | 810 | 378 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,028 |
| 2012 | 36 | 3,137 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,291 |
| 2014 | 32 | 3,411 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,183 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,821 |
| 2017 | 50 | 2,543 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,069 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,073 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,233 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,855 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,493 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,934 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,417 |
| 2025 | 30 | 3,693 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Ivory

- Ivory Joe Hunter, American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist (1914–1974)
- Ivory Latta, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Ivory Aquino, Filipina-American actress

## 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.