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Ivan

Pronounced /ˈaɪ.vən/

Rank in 2024
#153
Born in 2024
2,340
Peak year
2004 · #117
Origin
Russian, Welsh

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,340 boys were named Ivan, about 1 in every 733.
  • It peaked in 2004 with 3,462 babies, ranked #117.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 147,869 boys have been named Ivan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Ivan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.7
    Greatest
  2. 0.5
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.8
    Millennials
  6. 1.5
    Gen Z
  7. 1.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 11,892 babies, 0.71 per 1,000. Silent: 10,145 babies, 0.49 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,455 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,074 babies, 0.41 per 1,000. Millennials: 24,082 babies, 0.79 per 1,000. Gen Z: 46,654 babies, 1.49 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 32,614 babies, 1.50 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Russian Ива́н (Iván), and from Ivan in several Slavic languages. Doublet of John and its relatives Evan, Giovanni, Ian, Johann, and Sean, etc. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.vən/, /ɪˈvɑːn/, /ˈivɑːn/ Rhymes: -aɪvən ==== Proper noun ==== Ivan A male given name from Russian of English speakers. A transliteration of the Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, or Russian male given name Иван (Ivan). A transliteration of the Belarusian or Ukrainian male given name Іва́н (Iván). (slang) A Russian. (slang) Russians (collectively, personified). (slang, archaic) A Soviet.

  • A male given name from Russian of English speakers.
  • A transliteration of the Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, or Russian male given name Иван (Ivan).
  • A transliteration of the Belarusian or Ukrainian male given name Іва́н (Iván).
  • A male given name from Welsh of Welsh origin.
Origin
Russian, Welsh
Say it
/ˈaɪ.vən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Ivan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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