Ivaylo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-VY-loh
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Ivaylo is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Ivaylo mean?
Slavic: Bulgarian name
Ivaylo was a swineherd who led a peasant rising and became Tsar of Bulgaria in 1277.
Is Ivaylo a girl's or a boy's name?
Ivaylo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ivaylo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ivaylo, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ivaylo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ivaylo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
Names like Ivaylo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hugo Lorenzo Arlo Otto Theodore Milo Enzo Nico Matteo Elias Elijah Leonardo
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ivaylo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ivaylo, updated 20 October 2026.