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How popular is the name Igor?

Births per year, rank history and how many Igors are alive today.

Igor (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1613th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 102 babies were given the name, the 397th most popular that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 16% of its peak.

The Igor you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Igors born in England and Wales are between 8 and 16, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Igor - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Igor.

How many babies are named Igor each year?

050100200020201996: 31998: 52000: 42001: 32002: 52004: 92005: 202006: 272007: 462008: 912009: 822010: 892011: 852012: 842013: 982014: 1022015: 852016: 742017: 872018: 792019: 682020: 592021: 442022: 332023: 282024: 232025: 16actual

Where does Igor rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631998: ranked 2,0742000: ranked 2,5012001: ranked 3,1342002: ranked 2,2542004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 1,0472006: ranked 8852007: ranked 6312008: ranked 4052009: ranked 4482010: ranked 4222011: ranked 4442012: ranked 4692013: ranked 4122014: ranked 3972015: ranked 4722016: ranked 5252017: ranked 4692018: ranked 4972019: ranked 5522020: ranked 6012021: ranked 7612022: ranked 9252023: ranked 1,0422024: ranked 1,1992025: ranked 1,613

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Igor per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 102 in 2014
Igor: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Igor most popular?

Igor peaked in 2014, when 102 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Igor?

At least 1,300 people named Igor born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Igor?

Most living Igors are between 8 and 16; the most common age is about 12.

Is Igor becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.






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