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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #140, 1881boys
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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 1932

girls
#4,411
5 births · 1 in 213,430 girls
boys
#232
518 births · 1 in 2,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #4,411Irvin5

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #232Irvin518
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 213,430 of them was named Irvin, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irvin
  1. #3,901Yolonda6
  2. #3,901Zenia6
  3. #3,901Zonnie6
  4. #4,411Irvin5
  5. #4,411Abbey5
  6. #4,411Adda5
  7. #4,411Adelita5

Tied with 687 names at #4,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 2,016 of them was named Irvin, which outranked 94.6% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irvin
  1. #229Conrad523
  2. #230Wilfred521
  3. #231Carlos520
  4. #232Irvin518
  5. #233Aaron514
  6. #233Mack514
  7. #235Barry513
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932