Ivory · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 143 recorded years as a table

Ivory, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	72
1882	62
1883	67
1884	105
1885	74
1887	69
1888	66
1889	90
1890	117
1891	49
1892	74
1893	53
1894	69
1895	136
1896	84
1897	80
1899	132
1900	166
1901	113
1902	155
1903	92
1904	140
1905	159
1906	188
1907	129
1908	123
1909	177
1910	139
1911	137
1912	70
1913	80
1914	73
1915	61
1916	82
1917	64
1918	78
1919	91
1920	75
1921	73
1922	70
1923	68
1924	83
1925	63
1926	59
1927	81
1928	87
1929	78
1930	63
1931	66
1932	75
1933	78
1934	74
1935	70
1936	67
1937	73
1938	76
1939	88
1940	69
1941	55
1942	70
1943	71
1944	79
1945	62
1946	57
1947	51
1948	72
1949	70
1950	99
1951	84
1952	83
1953	61
1954	81
1955	69
1956	70
1957	73
1958	75
1959	58
1960	62
1961	56
1962	48
1963	56
1964	45
1965	47
1966	41
1967	48
1968	31
1969	37
1970	46
1971	45
1972	35
1973	53
1974	39
1975	44
1976	29
1977	43
1978	38
1979	48
1980	43
1981	39
1982	45
1983	40
1984	32
1985	36
1986	39
1987	29
1988	35
1989	28
1990	29
1991	28
1992	24
1993	27
1994	25
1995	22
1996	24
1997	25
1998	21
1999	20
2000	19
2001	18
2002	15
2003	17
2004	18
2005	17
2006	16
2007	13
2008	9
2009	12
2010	16
2011	13
2012	19
2013	17
2014	17
2015	19
2016	15
2017	27
2018	21
2019	22
2020	20
2021	16
2022	19
2023	16
2024	20
2025	18

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ivory 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 2025: 30
Rank in 2025: #3,658
How rare: 1 in 56,935 boys
Since 1880: 8,568

Most popular in 1906, at 188 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 6% per million boys born.

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