Ivaan

What Ivaan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ivaan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,231 in 2015, #1,030 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ivaan?

US: Rising: up from #3231 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2319 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 223 boys got the name (#997 that year). First in the US records in 2003.

How common

• About 1 in 7,945 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,486 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WA (0.43 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.38 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.28 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ivaan is #1030 in the US and #494 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ivaan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Evan2,412 US · 261 E&W
• Ivan2,240 US · 159 E&W
• Evaan47 US · 24 E&W
• Avan28 US
• Ifan0 US · 14 E&W
• Iven10 US
• Avaan6 US · 3 E&W
• Eivan8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ivaan

Boys

• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Rory#199“red-haired king”^*
• Rhett#188“advice”^*

For a sister

• Noelle#202Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #202 vs #705 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Elowyn#299Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,619 in 2015, #299 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ivaan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.