Igor comes from the Croatian / Macedonian / Polish / Russian / Serbian / Slovene tradition, meaning Ing's Army.
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How popular is Igor?
1998peak year
Today, Igor is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6655), with only about 14 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1998, 30 babies were given the name (ranked #2737 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Igor has been declining in recent years. In all, around 791 babies have been registered as Igor since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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