Ivo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-voh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #655 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Ivo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “yew”. In 2025 it ranked 655th for boys in the UK (62 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Ivo mean?
Germanic
“yew”
Saint Ivo of Kermartin, patron saint of lawyers, is known in Brittany as Saint Yves.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ivo a girl's or a boy's name?
Ivo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ivo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #655among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 4,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 62 boys in the UK were named Ivo, making it the 655th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 691st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 69 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ivo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 639th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Ivo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #655 |
| 2024 | 69 | #612 |
| 2023 | 63 | #639 |
| 2022 | 56 | #691 |
| 2021 | 49 | #773 |
| 2020 | 55 | #691 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 34 | #966 |
| 2017 | 34 | #985 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,051 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Ivo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Ivo, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894.
2025 had fewer boys named Ivo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ivo in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ivo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 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 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
Names like Ivo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Ivo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ivo, updated 20 October 2026.