boy's name

Ivo

  • Origin Germanic
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 3
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,960

Northern Ireland

#449

2011 births

Ivo is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Ivo is a name of Germanic origin.
  • Peaked in 1922, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1894.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Ivo over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

124
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ivo by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 5
1900s 5
1910s 101
1920s 124
1930s 75
1940s 26
1950s 28
1960s 47
1970s 49
1980s 31
1990s 59
2000s 94
2010s 121
2020s (to 2025) 89

How popular is Ivo?

In 2025, Ivo was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Ivo is used

Northern Ireland #449 3 in 2011
Scotland #531 6 in 2024
England & Wales #649 57 in 2025
Ireland #881 3 in 2016
Canada #3,599 5 in 2021
France #6,701 5 in 2025
United States #7,665 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ivo

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ivo also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ivo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Ivo in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Amis
Iwan
Ancient Greek
Ioannis
Arabic
Jehan
Atayal
Iwan
Breton
Youenn
Catalan
Joan
Danish
Jon
Finnish
Hannes
Greek
Ioannis
Hungarian
Janka
Icelandic
Hannes
Occitan
Joan
Romanian
Ioan Ion
Sardinian
Ioan
Seediq
Iwan
Slovene
Janka
Spanish
Jon
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Yvon Yvan Yannis Erwann Joao Yanni Giovan Yiannis

Sibling names for Ivo

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ivo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ivo

How popular is the name Ivo?

In 2025, Ivo was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Ivo a girl's or a boy's name?

Ivo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Ivo?

Ivo has 2 syllables.

When was Ivo most popular?

Ivo peaked in 1922, when 19 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Ivo a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ivo currently ranks #531 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.