Ivory
Pronounced AY1 V ER0 IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 139 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Ivory?
Ivory is a name given to both boys and girls, and first appears in 1886. It has been given to 23,555 children — the 1,142nd most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 793 children were given it.
Ivery is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Roughly 40% of children named Ivory are boys, so the split is a real one rather than a rounding error.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Ivory and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ivery
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AY1 V ER0 IY0 · AY1 V R IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ivory
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ivory
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ivory?
- Ivory ranks 1,142nd among girls' names in US records, with 23,555 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,444.
- Is Ivory a unisex name?
- Yes. About 40% of children given the name are boys, which is a genuine split rather than a rounding error.
- When was Ivory most popular?
- 2024, when 793 children were given the name. It has been in use for 139 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Ivory spelled?
- Ivery. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.