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Ivory

Gender
Girl
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#378 for girls

Ivory is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 378th for girls in the US (810 babies).

What does Ivory mean?

English

A male given name from English.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Ivory a girl's or a boy's name?

Ivory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 810 girls and 30 boys in the US.

How popular is Ivory in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,509among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Ivory, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ivory in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 15 in 20242025
Ivory in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202415#1,953
202311#2,481
202214#2,052
202113#2,202
202010#2,566
20199#2,792
201813#2,198
20178#3,102
201610#2,692
20158#3,114
20146#3,702
20135#4,267
20120–
20111#7,717
20100–
20090–
20084#4,742
20071#7,017
20060–
20051#6,340
20040–
20034#3,768
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19983#4,026
19971#5,110

How popular is Ivory in the US?

Rank in 2025
#378among girls
Babies in 2025
810about 1 in 2,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 48% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 810 girls in the US were named Ivory, making it the 378th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 601st. It first appears in the records in 1886. 30 boys were also named Ivory in 2025 (3,657th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Ivory of any year since it first appeared, in 1886.

Half of all the girls named Ivory in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 913 girls in the US were given Ivory or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #363, up from #378 for this spelling alone.

In 1900, 38% of the babies named Ivory in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 96%, with more girls than boys since 1982.

1886Busiest: 810 in 20252025
Ivory in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025810#378
2024784#407
2023587#518
2022599#519
2021538#566
2020483#601
2019531#573
2018464#641
2017468#630
2016464#639
2015396#717
2014374#750
2013299#864
2012245#1,035
2011150#1,490
2010116#1,769
2009117#1,830
2008147#1,562
2007130#1,689
2006130#1,627
2005148#1,437
2004106#1,794
2003146#1,374
2002124#1,519
2001147#1,303
2000134#1,385
1999142#1,291
1998146#1,240
199795#1,654
1996116#1,421
199591#1,622
1994111#1,430
1993131#1,288
1992109#1,449
1991116#1,379
1990124#1,303
1989104#1,423
1988115#1,268
1987117#1,222
1986108#1,254
1985134#1,081
1984135#1,044
1983173#874
1982177#871
198167#1,700
198073#1,583
197984#1,442
197862#1,690
197745#2,091
197655#1,729
197530#2,565
197428#2,616
197335#2,223
197225#2,747
197133#2,340
197033#2,307
196939#2,003
196819#2,969
196717#3,084
196630#2,146
196527#2,292
196444#1,747
196340#1,838
196243#1,731
196148#1,626
196055#1,486
195947#1,584
195841#1,678
195758#1,387
195659#1,350
195551#1,403
195434#1,768
195338#1,585
195271#1,118
195155#1,253
195070#1,098
194953#1,250
194855#1,222
194758#1,182
194652#1,191
194556#1,032
194453#1,071
194354#1,086
194258#1,024
194138#1,222
194049#1,023
193948#1,022
193846#1,055
193744#1,070
193641#1,096
193551#965
193444#1,047
193338#1,140
193248#1,015
193143#1,074
193051#1,031
192942#1,137
192837#1,253
192770#893
192654#1,012
192552#1,050
192456#1,031
192355#1,015
192261#949
192140#1,222
192057#968
191957#933
191854#977
191743#1,079
191639#1,127
191545#990
191435#1,003
191332#946
191234#860
191136#722
191032#753
190923#845
190816#1,004
190719#871
190615#965
190520#825
190427#668
190312#1,027
190217#849
190120#723
190015#970
189911#983
18989#1,171
189713#895
189612#950
189513#893
18949#1,061
18939#1,023
18927#1,171
18917#1,093
18907#1,099
18895#1,278
18880–
18877#937
18865#1,108

Names like Ivory

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ivy Lily Violet Daisy Evelyn Willow Ruby Hallie Aurora Delilah Isla Felicity

Other spellings of Ivory

Ivori Ivorie Ivoree

Names related to Ivory

Avory Ivry Ivery

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Every English name

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, “Ivory: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ivory, updated 20 October 2026.