NameTides

Ivory

Ivory was the #378 girls' name in the US in 2025 (810 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,031 in Canada.

Ivory as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ivory as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ivory as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#378 (810)#2,440 (11)—#1,031 (26)
2024#407 (784)#1,895 (15)—#917 (30)
2023#518 (587)#2,504 (10)—#1,044 (24)
2022#519 (599)#2,058 (13)—#1,056 (24)
2021#566 (538)#2,499 (10)#792 (3)#997 (27)
2020#601 (483)#2,449 (10)—#942 (28)
2019#573 (531)#2,643 (9)—#1,186 (21)
2018#641 (464)#2,090 (13)—#1,031 (25)
2017#630 (468)#2,925 (8)—#927 (29)
2016#639 (464)#2,547 (10)—#1,280 (19)
2015#717 (396)#2,945 (8)—#910 (29)
2014#750 (374)#3,514 (6)—#1,279 (19)
2013#864 (299)#4,050 (5)—#1,305 (18)
2012#1,035 (245)——#1,787 (12)
2011#1,490 (150)——#3,310 (5)

Ivory as a boy’s name

  • US
Ivory as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Ivory as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#3,658 (30)
2024#3,394 (34)
2023#3,883 (28)
2022#3,464 (33)
2021#3,814 (28)
2020#3,202 (35)
2019#3,052 (39)
2018#3,055 (38)
2017#2,532 (50)
2016#3,776 (28)
2015#3,149 (36)
2014#3,371 (32)
2013#3,265 (33)
2012#3,115 (36)
2011#3,994 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #378.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ivory is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ivory by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #340MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #298ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #159IAIndiana: #258INOhio: #309OHPennsylvania: #386PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #556CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #703CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #141KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #176ARTennessee: #237TNNorth Carolina: #353NCSouth Carolina: #265SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #128OKLouisiana: #342LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #364GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #312TXFlorida: #571FL
Ivory (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Ivory (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IvoryCanadaGirls#1,03126
IvoryEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
IvoryNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IvoryScotlandGirls—too few
IvoryUSGirls#378810
IvoryUSBoys#3,65830