Iver
Boy · EYE-ver · Old Norse
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Iver is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “yew bow + warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).
What does Iver mean?
Old Norse: form of Ivar, from Old Norse Ívarr
“yew bow + warrior”
Ivar the Boneless was a legendary Viking leader of the 9th-century Great Heathen Army in England.
- Say it
- EYE-ver
Is Iver a girl's or a boy's name?
Iver is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 66 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iver in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Iver, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 24 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Iver than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Iver in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 boys in the UK were given Iver or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #473, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Ivor 77
- Iver 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Iver in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Iver in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,167among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Iver, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Iver in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 76 boys in the US were given Iver or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,740, up from #2,167 for this spelling alone.
- Iver 66
- Ivor 10
In 2023, 6% of the babies named Iver in the US were girls.
Iver in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,167 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2023 | 81 | #1,928 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,108 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,082 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,308 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,192 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,058 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,217 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,174 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
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