Ivory

“The pale white color of elephant tusks” — English origin

Girl's name · #378 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ivory is climbing: on the charts since 1886, it reached #378 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 810 girls given the name last year. Roughly 15,000 have carried it all-time.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 4,900 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ivorys

Ivory Latta — American basketball player
Ivory Aquino — Filipina-American actress
Ivory Nwokorie — Nigerian Paralympic powerlifter
Ivory Bangle Lady — skeleton found in Sycamore Terrace, York in 1901
Ivory Glaze — drag queen

What Ivorys become

Among 35 notable people named Ivory:

Sports figures appear 2.43× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ivory Latta, American basketball player.

Similar names: Ivori · Blaire · Ivanna · Rory · Lorelei · Capri

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