Icarus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- IK-ah-rus
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Icarus is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Icarus mean?
Greek: Latin form of Greek Ikaros
In Greek myth Icarus flew too close to the sun on wings of wax and feathers made by his father Daedalus.
Is Icarus a girl's or a boy's name?
Icarus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Icarus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 107% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Icarus, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had the most boys named Icarus of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Icarus in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Icarus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Icarus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atreus, Ares, Thiago, Perseus, Atlas, Luca, Aziel, Exodus, Maximus, Atticus, Ezio, Apollo
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Icarus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/icarus, updated 20 October 2026.