Irvin

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386 · #1,932 for boys in 2025, 80 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 88 births
Debut · boys
86 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
39,922
since 1880

Irvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Irvin has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #140, 1881boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,93280
2024#2,05773
2023#2,04773
2022#1,82688
2021#1,77090
2020#1,81582
2019#1,634100
2018#1,385127
2017#1,421122
2016#1,539108
2015#1,475113
2014#1,257142
2013#1,211148
2012#1,015194
2011#855249
2010#920219
2009#780291
2008#721320
2007#724316
2006#669341
2005#612366
2004#664307
2003#634323
2002#646297
2001#656282
2000#661272
1999#652265
1998#642274
1997#595298
1996#607291
1995#599294
1994#642261
1993#620277
1992#541353
1991#493407
1990#612270
1989#600267
1988#10,3866#506328
1987#770143
1986#99187
1985#95092
1984#95186
1983#858104
1982#1,05075
1981#826113
1980#859106
1979#864101
1978#816109
1977#87593
1976#85096
1975#84197
1974#735122
1973#661145
1972#735116
1971#679149
1970#643160
1969#613162
1968#603159
1967#605153
1966#591161
1965#509223
1964#550205
1963#509247
1962#490261
1961#494256
1960#461298
1959#474272
1958#475280
1957#441301
1956#404355
1955#386349
1954#5,7535#381350
1953#380332
1952#348391
1951#3,7149#358370
1950#348371
1949#344378
1948#354358
1947#343397
1946#336366
1945#317351
1944#310380
1943#301417
1942#286445
1941#294392
1940#276409
1939#280393
1938#270414
1937#251455
1936#250443
1935#242475
1934#243471
1933#246446
1932#4,4115#232518
1931#223547
1930#3,6587#218598
1929#204646
1928#4,1956#199687
1927#207669
1926#205675
1925#199707
1924#4,4346#187763
1923#3,3509#173817
1922#4,4456#192718
1921#2,94111#179789
1920#182775
1919#172764
1918#169798
1917#170734
1916#4,4175#164724
1915#167681
1914#181491
1913#165422
1912#170344
1911#190164
1910#192137
1909#198109
1908#198104
1907#180120
1906#20088
1905#19887
1904#170107
1903#17195
1902#18391
1901#16888
1900#176118
1899#18773
1898#19179
1897#19675
1896#20079
1895#21365
1894#16990
1893#16488
1892#18485
1891#17973
1890#17282
1889#17676
1888#19078
1887#20755
1886#19071
1885#14991
1884#16186
1883#16873
1882#19366
1881#14088
1880#15986
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Irvin was already there! It came in at #159, and was given to 86 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 83 boys a year got the name.

See more about Irvin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 125 spots since 2024 (#2,057#1,932)
  • 117 spots since 2020 (#1,815#1,932)
  • 457 spots since 2015 (#1,475#1,932)
  • Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1988 (#770#506)
  • Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1982 (#826#1,050)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #140 (88 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 131 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1880–1981
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,145
  • Highest: 1 in 1,145 boys born in 1881 were named Irvin (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,351 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.2% of all boys named Irvin (7,246) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s770#140 (1881)#173
1890s789#164 (1893)#186
1900s1,007#168 (1901)#184
1910s5,259#164 (1916)#174
1920s7,246#173 (1923)#193
1930s4,760#218 (1930)#246
1940s3,893#276 (1940)#316
1950s3,371#348 (1952)#400
1960s2,125#461 (1960)#543
1970s1,188#643 (1970)#770
1980s1,401#506 (1988)#836
1990s2,990#493 (1991)#600
2000s3,115#612 (2005)#677
2010s1,522#855 (2011)#1,271
2020s486#1,770 (2021)#1,908

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Irvin in 1930

girls
#3,658
7 births · 1 in 160,847 girls
boys
#218
598 births · 1 in 1,835 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #3,658Irvin7

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #218Irvin598
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 160,847 of them was named Irvin, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irvin
  1. #3,345Zelphia8
  2. #3,345Zenna8
  3. #3,345Zonia8
  4. #3,658Irvin7
  5. #3,658Adair7
  6. #3,658Adalee7
  7. #3,658Adolph7
  8. #4,047Aaron6
  9. #4,047Adda6
  10. #4,047Adelma6

Tied with 388 names at #3,658; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 1,835 of them was named Irvin, which outranked 95.2% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irvin
  1. #214Gerard601
  2. #214Wilfred601
  3. #217Sylvester599
  4. #218Irvin598
  5. #219Julian592
  6. #220Mark591
  7. #221Perry581
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930