Is Ivory a boy or girl name?
Ivory is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 784 girls and 34 boys were named Ivory, so 95.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 61.7% of the 22,269 US babies named Ivory were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #3,404
- Girl rank, 2024
- #404
- Babies named Ivory since 1880
- 22,269
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 818 babies
Boys and girls named Ivory, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 67 | 17 | 20.2% |
| 1890s | 90 | 97 | 51.9% |
| 1900s | 198 | 184 | 48.2% |
| 1910s | 529 | 407 | 43.5% |
| 1920s | 812 | 524 | 39.2% |
| 1930s | 771 | 453 | 37% |
| 1940s | 975 | 527 | 35.1% |
| 1950s | 1,515 | 524 | 25.7% |
| 1960s | 918 | 362 | 28.3% |
| 1970s | 695 | 430 | 38.2% |
| 1980s | 674 | 1,203 | 64.1% |
| 1990s | 479 | 1,181 | 71.1% |
| 2000s | 309 | 1,329 | 81.1% |
| 2010s | 347 | 3,506 | 91% |
| 2020s | 158 | 2,988 | 95% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34 | #3,404 | 784 | #404 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,931 | 585 | #520 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,491 | 598 | #521 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,852 | 538 | #566 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,232 | 483 | #603 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,072 | 530 | #574 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,068 | 464 | #641 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,543 | 468 | #631 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,820 | 464 | #640 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,182 | 396 | #717 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,411 | 374 | #750 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,291 | 299 | #863 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,136 | 245 | #1,035 |
| 2011 | 25 | #4,026 | 150 | #1,493 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,571 | 116 | #1,776 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,205 | 117 | #1,834 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,964 | 147 | #1,565 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,731 | 130 | #1,691 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,255 | 130 | #1,632 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,114 | 148 | #1,438 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,911 | 106 | #1,799 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,876 | 146 | #1,377 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,044 | 124 | #1,525 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,711 | 147 | #1,305 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,497 | 134 | #1,390 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,313 | 142 | #1,294 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,213 | 146 | #1,248 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,917 | 95 | #1,660 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,941 | 116 | #1,427 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,038 | 91 | #1,629 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,806 | 111 | #1,436 |
| 1993 | 52 | #1,683 | 131 | #1,292 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,753 | 109 | #1,455 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,534 | 116 | #1,387 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,477 | 124 | #1,310 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,466 | 104 | #1,429 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,252 | 115 | #1,270 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,351 | 117 | #1,223 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,106 | 108 | #1,255 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,142 | 134 | #1,085 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,205 | 135 | #1,046 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,055 | 173 | #876 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,008 | 177 | #874 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,086 | 67 | #1,703 |
| 1980 | 76 | #1,040 | 73 | #1,590 |
| 1979 | 82 | #979 | 84 | #1,447 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,105 | 62 | #1,694 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,023 | 45 | #2,099 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,325 | 55 | #1,736 |
| 1975 | 69 | #988 | 30 | #2,579 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,048 | 28 | #2,638 |
| 1973 | 82 | #880 | 35 | #2,239 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,091 | 25 | #2,771 |
| 1971 | 79 | #917 | 33 | #2,349 |
| 1970 | 86 | #872 | 33 | #2,325 |
| 1969 | 67 | #936 | 39 | #2,009 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,011 | 19 | #2,999 |
| 1967 | 84 | #796 | 17 | #3,131 |
| 1966 | 73 | #852 | 30 | #2,163 |
| 1965 | 88 | #792 | 27 | #2,316 |
| 1964 | 89 | #803 | 44 | #1,759 |
| 1963 | 113 | #733 | 39 | #1,877 |
| 1962 | 100 | #766 | 44 | #1,715 |
| 1961 | 118 | #704 | 48 | #1,632 |
| 1960 | 132 | #684 | 55 | #1,494 |
| 1959 | 123 | #688 | 47 | #1,588 |
| 1958 | 159 | #610 | 41 | #1,685 |
| 1957 | 157 | #613 | 58 | #1,391 |
| 1956 | 149 | #624 | 59 | #1,353 |
| 1955 | 143 | #622 | 51 | #1,414 |
| 1954 | 166 | #573 | 34 | #1,784 |
| 1953 | 121 | #650 | 38 | #1,594 |
| 1952 | 162 | #550 | 71 | #1,122 |
| 1951 | 158 | #542 | 55 | #1,259 |
| 1950 | 177 | #502 | 70 | #1,105 |
| 1949 | 123 | #613 | 53 | #1,256 |
| 1948 | 127 | #600 | 55 | #1,228 |
| 1947 | 94 | #709 | 58 | #1,189 |
| 1946 | 93 | #672 | 52 | #1,196 |
| 1945 | 84 | #660 | 56 | #1,042 |
| 1944 | 108 | #593 | 53 | #1,073 |
| 1943 | 102 | #631 | 54 | #1,094 |
| 1942 | 96 | #654 | 58 | #1,029 |
| 1941 | 68 | #756 | 38 | #1,232 |
| 1940 | 80 | #678 | 50 | #1,014 |
| 1939 | 97 | #584 | 47 | #1,043 |
| 1938 | 84 | #655 | 46 | #1,061 |
| 1937 | 78 | #679 | 44 | #1,076 |
| 1936 | 70 | #718 | 41 | #1,105 |
| 1935 | 73 | #715 | 51 | #967 |
| 1934 | 76 | #701 | 44 | #1,059 |
| 1933 | 77 | #675 | 38 | #1,149 |
| 1932 | 78 | #698 | 48 | #1,021 |
| 1931 | 69 | #746 | 43 | #1,083 |
| 1930 | 69 | #773 | 51 | #1,035 |
| 1929 | 84 | #669 | 42 | #1,142 |
| 1928 | 96 | #633 | 37 | #1,260 |
| 1927 | 91 | #672 | 70 | #895 |
| 1926 | 66 | #815 | 54 | #1,017 |
| 1925 | 70 | #789 | 52 | #1,055 |
| 1924 | 94 | #669 | 56 | #1,037 |
| 1923 | 75 | #760 | 55 | #1,021 |
| 1922 | 76 | #763 | 61 | #956 |
| 1921 | 80 | #740 | 40 | #1,230 |
| 1920 | 80 | #728 | 57 | #973 |
| 1919 | 89 | #652 | 57 | #937 |
| 1918 | 79 | #715 | 54 | #979 |
| 1917 | 59 | #835 | 43 | #1,086 |
| 1916 | 73 | #696 | 39 | #1,136 |
| 1915 | 52 | #861 | 45 | #995 |
| 1914 | 48 | #766 | 35 | #1,011 |
| 1913 | 41 | #727 | 32 | #954 |
| 1912 | 30 | #808 | 34 | #862 |
| 1911 | 31 | #539 | 36 | #727 |
| 1910 | 27 | #549 | 32 | #761 |
| 1909 | 29 | #479 | 23 | #856 |
| 1908 | 19 | #602 | 16 | #1,025 |
| 1907 | 19 | #573 | 19 | #884 |
| 1906 | 25 | #447 | 15 | #982 |
| 1905 | 21 | #500 | 20 | #834 |
| 1904 | 18 | #526 | 27 | #674 |
| 1903 | 11 | #718 | 12 | #1,056 |
| 1902 | 19 | #495 | 17 | #858 |
| 1901 | 12 | #619 | 20 | #731 |
| 1900 | 25 | #460 | 15 | #993 |
| 1899 | 14 | #530 | 11 | #1,002 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,212 |
| 1897 | 9 | #758 | 13 | #913 |
| 1896 | 10 | #753 | 12 | #973 |
| 1895 | 16 | #517 | 13 | #913 |
| 1894 | 8 | #823 | 9 | #1,100 |
| 1893 | 6 | #966 | 9 | #1,045 |
| 1892 | 9 | #770 | 7 | #1,215 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,039 | 7 | #1,148 |
| 1890 | 13 | #550 | 7 | #1,142 |
| 1889 | 10 | #649 | 5 | #1,376 |
| 1888 | 8 | #785 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 7 | #790 | 7 | #987 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,186 |
| 1885 | 8 | #735 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 12 | #559 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 7 | #763 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #798 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #713 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Ivory reached #447 in 1906. As a girl name, it reached #404 in 2024. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.