Ives

Boy · recorded 1919–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1926best year

Most popular in 1926.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ives.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1919

03519191945197219982024

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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 15 recorded years as a table
Ives, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19195
19265
19843
20023
20103
20123
20153
20163
20184
20193
20205
20215
20224
20234
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ives 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
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1919
89

Ives 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 1926, at 5 per million boys born.

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

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