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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ibn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1970

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 55 recorded years as a table

Ibn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1970	4
1971	4
1972	12
1973	6
1974	8
1975	7
1976	12
1977	16
1978	15
1979	19
1980	17
1981	10
1982	15
1983	9
1984	11
1985	10
1986	8
1987	5
1988	6
1989	9
1990	17
1991	15
1992	10
1993	9
1994	10
1995	9
1996	13
1997	6
1998	9
1999	11
2000	15
2001	13
2002	7
2003	7
2004	11
2005	13
2006	10
2007	6
2008	6
2009	10
2010	7
2011	7
2012	8
2013	6
2014	6
2015	9
2016	5
2017	4
2018	6
2019	7
2020	5
2021	3
2022	6
2023	4
2024	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ibn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024: 9
Rank in 2024: #8,312
How rare: 1 in 191,432 boys
Since 1970: 927

Ibn was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 19 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ibn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.