Ivar is a distinctive choice, ranked #639 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ivar in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#639
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About the Name Ivar
Ivar is steadily gaining in popularity, up 51 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #503 in 2021, and it currently sits at #648. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2016.
Ivar is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ivar in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Ivar
Ivar Tollefsen — Ivar Tollefsen is a Norwegian businessman, the founder of Tollefsen Enterprises and Fredensborg AS.
Ivar Jenner — Ivar Jenner is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League club Dewa United Banten.
Ivar Stenberg — Ivar Stenberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a winger for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
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 Ivar
Unlikely. With around 57 UK babies named Ivar per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ivar in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ivar has been fairly steady, ranked #639 in 2025 against #699 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #503 in 2021.
Ivar is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ivar include: Ivar Tollefsen, Ivar Jenner and Ivar Stenberg. Short summaries for each appear below.
Ivar does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Ivars in the wild.
57
UK babies named Ivar (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 60 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ivar
Almost certainly the only Ivar in the class
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UK Popularity (2016–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ivar
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ivar the Boneless (Old Norse: Ívarr hinn Beinlausi [ˈiːˌwɑrː ˈhinː ˈbɛinˌlɔuse]; died c. 873), also known as Ivar Ragnarsson, was a Viking leader who led invasions into England and Ireland.
Ivar Justus Tengbom was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s.