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Igor

boy name
Origin
Russian
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

warrior of the god Yngvi (from Norse Yngvarr via East Slavic, long naturalized in Poland)

The story

Igor is the Russian form of the Old Norse name Yngvarr, carried into Eastern Europe by Scandinavian Varangians. The first element invokes the god Yngvi; the second is related to warrior. The name entered the ruling history of Kyivan Rus through Prince Igor, known in East Slavic tradition and later transformed into the hero of Borodin's opera Prince Igor. Russian writes it Игорь, while several neighboring languages have their own established forms. The American curve shows only modest use from the 1960s onward and never captures the name's much larger cultural presence in Eastern Europe. That difference matters: Igor is not a rare invented name because a US chart is quiet. It is an old name naturalized across languages for more than a thousand years, with a Norse origin and a distinctly East European life.

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How popular is Igor around the world?

In the United States, 70 babies were named Igor between 2020 and 2025. In Poland, 1,475 boys named Igor were born in 2025, the 26th most common name among boys that year.

Igor is on the official records of the United States, Poland, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Argentina, England and Wales, Chile and France.

Igor crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of a Spanish-speaking record and of Brazil’s 2022 census, which counts people of every age. The full list: Spanish and Portuguese

United States

1 in 310,000

In the United States, 70 babies were named Igor between 2020 and 2025.

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Igor has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Poland

1 in 170

In Poland, 1,475 boys named Igor were born in 2025, the 26th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Brazil

1 in 750

At the 2022 census, 272,320 people in Brazil were named Igor, the 114th most common name, with a median age of 23.
Among people named Igor living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 7,478 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 4,500

In Spain, 10,012 residents are named Igor, the 259th most common name among men, with a mean age of 41.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Austria

1 in 11,000

In Austria, 7 boys named Igor were born in 2025, the 594th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 20142025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Ireland

1 in 18,000

In Ireland, 3 boys named Igor were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Argentina

1 in 25,000

In Argentina, 27 newborns were given the name Igor in 2024.

2012peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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England and Wales

1 in 37,000

In England and Wales, 16 boys named Igor were born in 2025, ranked 1,613th among boys that year.

1996peak 20142025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Chile

1 in 45,000

In Chile, 4 boys were registered as Igor in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 19722021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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France

1 in 64,000

In France, about 10 boys named Igor were born in 2025, ranked 2,773rd among boys that year.

1920peak 19732025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Canada

last on record 2021

Igor is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

1991peak 2017

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Mexico City City

last on record 2008

Igor is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Montevideo City

last on record 2009

Igor is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Norway

last on record 2023

Igor is not on the 2025 record for Norway, where names carried by fewer than 4 people in a year are withheld at source.

1945peak 19862025

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Scotland

last on record 2022

Igor is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.

2000peak 20142024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

last on record 2013

Igor is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

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When you meet Igor

Most people given the name Igor in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Igor

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Where Igor travels

Russian · from Old Norse Yngvarr, carried by the early Rurikid princes; a Russian classic

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