Iverson
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- EYE-ver-sun
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,409 for boys
Iverson is a name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “son of Iver”. In 2025 it ranked 1,409th for boys in the US (129 babies).
What does Iverson mean?
Scandinavian: patronymic surname from Iver
“son of Iver”
Is Iverson a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Iverson has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 129 boys in the US.
How popular is Iverson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,409th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 129 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were named Iverson, making it the 1,409th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,679th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 140 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891. 10 girls were also named Iverson in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Iverson in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iverson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,409 |
| 2024 | 140 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,408 |
| 2022 | 115 | #1,551 |
| 2021 | 92 | #1,750 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,679 |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,899 |
| 2018 | 77 | #1,919 |
| 2017 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,778 |
| 2002 | 82 | #1,511 |
| 2001 | 84 | #1,456 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
Names like Iverson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Emerson, Easton, Boston, Harrison, Jackson, Anderson, Lawson, Elian, Dawson, Sullivan, Grayson
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa
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, “Iverson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iverson, updated 20 October 2026.