girls:
102 births since 1900
#5614 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1884
#3106 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1884
#6094 (21st percentile)
The name Iver is the #6,094 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,655 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 21.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,106 (32.2% percentile) for all time with 1,553 births since 1884. For girls, it ranks #5,614 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 102 births since 1900.
Iver first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1900 for girls). Birth data for Iver is available in 100 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (99 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Iver has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Iver were boys.
For boys, Iver reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #837) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 57 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Iver ranks #837 for boys (8.1% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 76.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Iver reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #603) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 16 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Iver ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 18.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Iver".
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