Ivan is a distinctive choice, ranked #283 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ivan in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#283
US Rank #163
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About the Name Ivan
Ivan has held its ground, ranked #283 in 2025 and never far from its best of #248 in 2022 — a name with lasting rather than trend-driven appeal. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Ivan is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ivan in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #153, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Ivan
Ivan Bašić — Ivan Bašić is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club Astana.
Ivan Perišić — Ivan Perišić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eredivisie club PSV and the Croatia national team.
Ivan Demidov — Ivan Alexeyevich Demidov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ivan
Unlikely. With around 159 UK babies named Ivan per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ivan in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ivan has been fairly steady, ranked #283 in 2025 against #275 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #248 in 2022.
Ivan is more popular in the US (#153) than in the UK (#274). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Ivan include: Ivan Bašić, Ivan Perišić and Ivan Demidov. Short summaries for each appear below.
Ivan appears in the US top 500 at #153 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
159
UK babies named Ivan (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 8 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ivan
Almost certainly the only Ivan in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Ivan
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ivan Alexeyevich Demidov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Ivan G'Vera is a Czech-American actor, best known for his role as Ivan Marais on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1991 to 2000, and sporadically thereafter.
Ivan VI Antonovich, also known as Ioann Antonovich, was Emperor of Russia from October 1740 until he was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in December 1741.
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was a Russian landscape painter and graphic artist, one of the most famous landscape painters of the post-reform era, and the creator of the iconic painting Morning in a Pine Forest.