Ivo vs Ivori
American parents have registered 854 Ivos since 1880, against 601 Ivoris. But in 2025 it was Ivori that was commoner, 57 babies to 11.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ivo Ivori
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 98 years in which either name was published, Ivo for 64 years and Ivori for 34 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1894–1981 Ivo ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1982–2003 Ivori ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2007–2012 Ivo ahead
- 2013–2025 Ivori ahead
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Ivo | Ivori | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 854 | 601 |
| Most in one year | 19 | 57 |
| Babies in 2025 | 11 | 57 |
| Estimated living today | 510 | 600 |
| Median age today | 20 | 11 |
| Peak year | 1922 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 1,827th boys | 2,933rd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,194th | 2,933rd |
| First recorded | 1894 | 1976 |
| Girls / boys | 5 / 849 | 601 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Ivos alive today are over 20; half the Ivoris are over 11. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ivo and Ivori.