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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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 1977

boys
#875
93 births · 1 in 17,669 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #875Irvin93
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 17,669 of them was named Irvin, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irvin
  1. #869Taurus95
  2. #873Alec94
  3. #873Donell94
  4. #875Irvin93
  5. #875Bernardo93
  6. #875Kenton93
  7. #875Lonny93
  8. #882Augustine92
  9. #882Brook92
  10. #882Deric92

Tied with 6 names at #875; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977