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Ivaan

Gender
Boy
Say it
ee-VAHN
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#503 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,030 for boys

Ivaan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 503rd for boys in the UK (85 babies) and 1,030th for boys in the US (215 babies).

What does Ivaan mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Ivan used in Indian families

“God is gracious”

Is Ivaan a girl's or a boy's name?

Ivaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 85 boys in the UK and 215 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ivaan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
503rd among boys
Babies in 2025
85 about 1 in 3,500 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 213% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 85 boys in the UK were named Ivaan, making it the 503rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 842nd.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ivaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.

Half of all the boys named Ivaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 494th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.

2015Busiest: 85 in 20252025
Ivaan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202585#503
202478#551
202359#663
202248#762
202140#868
202040#842
201919#1,412
201812#1,981
201721#1,331
20168#2,690
20159#2,425

How popular is Ivaan in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,030th among boys
Babies in 2025
215 about 1 in 7,900 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 75% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 215 boys in the US were named Ivaan, making it the 1,030th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,308th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 223 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Half of all the boys named Ivaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 227 boys in the US were given Ivaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #1,030 for this spelling alone.

2003Busiest: 223 in 20222025
Ivaan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025215#1,030
2024205#1,062
2023190#1,111
2022223#997
2021170#1,165
2020138#1,308
2019111#1,523
201899#1,638
2017101#1,594
201659#2,255
201535#3,230
201418#5,062
20137#9,650
20128#8,858
20110–
20106#10,759
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20037#8,636

Names like Ivaan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Ivaan

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ivaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ivaan, updated 20 October 2026.