Ivar
Boy · EE-var · Old Norse
Ivar is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “yew-bow warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 624th for boys in the UK (67 babies) and 1,382nd for boys in the US (133 babies).
What does Ivar mean?
Old Norse: Old Norse Ivarr
“yew-bow warrior”
Ivar the Boneless was a Viking leader of the Great Heathen Army that invaded England in 865.
- Say it
- EE-var
Is Ivar a girl's or a boy's name?
Ivar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 boys in the UK and 133 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ivar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #624among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the UK were named Ivar, making it the 624th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 88 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ivar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 boys in the UK were given Ivar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #553, up from #624 for this spelling alone.
- Ivar 67
- Ifor 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 639th in England and Wales and 333rd in Scotland.
Ivar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #624 |
| 2024 | 64 | #650 |
| 2023 | 83 | #526 |
| 2022 | 88 | #501 |
| 2021 | 85 | #524 |
| 2020 | 54 | #700 |
| 2019 | 53 | #706 |
| 2018 | 37 | #907 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 2 | #6,166 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Ivar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,382among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 133about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 133 boys in the US were named Ivar, making it the 1,382nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. It first appears in the records in 1896.
2025 had the most boys named Ivar of any year since it first appeared, in 1896.
Half of all the boys named Ivar in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ivar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #1,382 |
| 2024 | 116 | #1,521 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,496 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,740 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 87 | #1,777 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
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Other spellings of Ivar
Ifor
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