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A given name in Spanish, Danish and 2 more
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Iver is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Danish, Finnish and 1 other language.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2025: 66 boys (rank 2167).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Iver
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | 5 | 971 | observed |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | 6 | 819 | observed |
| 1888 | 6 | 917 | observed |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | 5 | 994 | observed |
| 1891 | 6 | 841 | observed |
| 1892 | 7 | 861 | observed |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | 6 | 954 | observed |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | 7 | 885 | observed |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | 6 | 1,013 | observed |
| 1903 | 5 | 1,130 | observed |
| 1904 | 7 | 966 | observed |
| 1905 | 6 | 1,091 | observed |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | 6 | 1,217 | observed |
| 1909 | 10 | 951 | observed |
| 1910 | 6 | 1,421 | observed |
| 1911 | 7 | 1,387 | observed |
| 1912 | 16 | 1,174 | observed |
| 1913 | 15 | 1,365 | observed |
| 1914 | 23 | 1,221 | observed |
| 1915 | 29 | 1,217 | observed |
| 1916 | 37 | 1,058 | observed |
| 1917 | 16 | 1,900 | observed |
| 1918 | 34 | 1,192 | observed |
| 1919 | 23 | 1,531 | observed |
| 1920 | 20 | 1,747 | observed |
| 1921 | 21 | 1,703 | observed |
| 1922 | 31 | 1,308 | observed |
| 1923 | 34 | 1,235 | observed |
| 1924 | 25 | 1,532 | observed |
| 1925 | 14 | 2,193 | observed |
| 1926 | 19 | 1,787 | observed |
| 1927 | 17 | 1,959 | observed |
| 1928 | 15 | 2,048 | observed |
| 1929 | 15 | 2,002 | observed |
| 1930 | 12 | 2,293 | observed |
| 1931 | 12 | 2,207 | observed |
| 1932 | 13 | 2,101 | observed |
| 1933 | 8 | 2,738 | observed |
| 1934 | 10 | 2,393 | observed |
| 1935 | 13 | 2,029 | observed |
| 1936 | 10 | 2,301 | observed |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,175 | observed |
| 1938 | 18 | 1,613 | observed |
| 1939 | 20 | 1,489 | observed |
| 1940 | 13 | 1,983 | observed |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,505 | observed |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,560 | observed |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 7 | 2,919 | observed |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,671 | observed |
| 1948 | 9 | 2,608 | observed |
| 1949 | 10 | 2,453 | observed |
| 1950 | 6 | 3,329 | observed |
| 1951 | 7 | 3,066 | observed |
| 1952 | 9 | 2,680 | observed |
| 1953 | 10 | 2,531 | observed |
| 1954 | 5 | 3,827 | observed |
| 1955 | 6 | 3,505 | observed |
| 1956 | 8 | 2,969 | observed |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,552 | observed |
| 1958 | 7 | 3,275 | observed |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,290 | observed |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,356 | observed |
| 1962 | 8 | 3,041 | observed |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,318 | observed |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | 8 | 2,982 | observed |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,673 | observed |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | 5 | 4,907 | observed |
| 1972 | 7 | 3,963 | observed |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,505 | observed |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,587 | observed |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,845 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | 7 | 4,940 | observed |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,468 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,271 | observed |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,435 | observed |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,700 | observed |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,112 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,667 | observed |
| 2003 | 6 | 9,581 | observed |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,356 | observed |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,634 | observed |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,662 | observed |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,367 | observed |
| 2008 | 15 | 5,767 | observed |
| 2009 | 16 | 5,554 | observed |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,087 | observed |
| 2011 | 17 | 5,200 | observed |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,003 | observed |
| 2013 | 31 | 3,405 | observed |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,885 | observed |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,365 | observed |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,587 | observed |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,715 | observed |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,083 | observed |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,228 | observed |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,136 | observed |
| 2021 | 68 | 2,109 | observed |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,191 | observed |
| 2023 | 81 | 1,928 | observed |
| 2024 | 66 | 2,190 | observed |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,167 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Iver” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Iver— “archer”
Ingvar was a terrible name to our Saxon ancestors, when the Danish viking, so called, carried terror to our coasts; but Ivar is not the short for it, but is from _yr_; German, _eibe_; Dutch, _ibe_; English, _yew_; and _har_, a warrior, so that Ivar is the Yew warrior, the bow-bearer, or archer. He is Iver in Danish, and in Scotland and Ireland MacIvor has been adopted as a rendering of one of the old hereditary Keltic names. Ivbald and Ivbert have also been used and cut down…
Ingvar was a terrible name to our Saxon ancestors, when the Danish viking, so called, carried terror to our coasts; but Ivar is not the short for it, but is from _yr_; German, _eibe_; Dutch, _ibe_; English, _yew_; and _har_, a warrior, so that Ivar is the Yew warrior, the bow-bearer, or archer. He is Iver in Danish, and in Scotland and Ireland MacIvor has been adopted as a rendering of one of the old hereditary Keltic names. Ivbald and Ivbert have also been used and cut down to Ibald and Ibert. Ireland had a St. Ivor, or Ivory, who was considered to have prayed away from Fernegenall the _mures maiores qui vulgariter Rati vocantur_ so completely that none survived; but whether he was named by Dane or Kelt does not appear. At any rate, St. Ivory was deemed good to invoke against rats.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section XIV (Ing—Seaxnot) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
