Irving

Last seen for girls in 1930 at #3,345 · #1,778 for boys in 2025, 90 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1911 · 431 births
Debut · boys
60 births
In top 100 · boys
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
44,364
since 1880

Irving over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #93, 1911boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,77890
2024#1,620105
2023#1,71897
2022#1,652104
2021#1,72194
2020#1,69492
2019#1,450120
2018#1,418123
2017#1,287141
2016#1,304139
2015#1,599100
2014#1,447113
2013#1,326129
2012#1,439115
2011#1,377121
2010#1,256139
2009#1,266139
2008#1,142159
2007#1,050179
2006#1,016181
2005#980177
2004#925183
2003#816214
2002#875187
2001#958160
2000#839191
1999#1,002140
1998#1,057127
1997#988131
1996#889152
1995#837165
1994#721211
1993#765187
1992#645255
1991#551340
1990#684220
1989#672222
1988#522304
1987#896109
1986#1,00884
1985#1,08373
1984#1,03374
1983#97282
1982#1,03177
1981#95988
1980#93891
1979#97682
1978#96979
1977#1,01971
1976#94677
1975#90682
1974#98869
1973#85286
1972#792102
1971#791103
1970#714132
1969#732114
1968#680122
1967#646133
1966#672121
1965#705111
1964#658139
1963#620158
1962#595170
1961#558197
1960#557201
1959#590175
1958#535206
1957#511228
1956#512219
1955#469248
1954#461247
1953#458243
1952#443253
1951#403286
1950#390298
1949#400283
1948#398290
1947#384320
1946#392277
1945#364266
1944#369267
1943#340325
1942#354296
1941#328317
1940#335292
1939#310322
1938#303322
1937#292338
1936#293340
1935#288353
1934#265422
1933#260408
1932#237508
1931#215583
1930#3,3458#207643
1929#185754
1928#2,95410#166879
1927#3,8757#1551,021
1926#4,8515#1441,159
1925#3,6648#1411,174
1924#5,0615#1371,260
1923#3,9717#1241,384
1922#3,6558#1241,365
1921#5,0995#1241,417
1920#3,9577#1161,485
1919#1111,440
1918#4,8095#1081,533
1917#4,5945#1061,470
1916#1091,373
1915#4,2745#1071,385
1914#1001,156
1913#104862
1912#94815
1911#93431
1910#118272
1909#134202
1908#114225
1907#123196
1906#125170
1905#142148
1904#133159
1903#149125
1902#167104
1901#17980
1900#185115
1899#15895
1898#150113
1897#15798
1896#18687
1895#140110
1894#150102
1893#15595
1892#22859
1891#17175
1890#19369
1889#20065
1888#16989
1887#20755
1886#21960
1885#16978
1884#17680
1883#23246
1882#20761
1881#19260
1880#20060
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Irving was already there! It came in at #200, and was given to 60 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 62 boys a year got the name.

See more about Irving
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 158 spots since 2024 (#1,620#1,778)
  • 84 spots since 2020 (#1,694#1,778)
  • 179 spots since 2015 (#1,599#1,778)
  • Biggest jump: 374 spots in 1988 (#896#522)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1989 (#522#672)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1911 at #93 (431 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 47 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1911–1912
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1976
Share of babies · boys
1 in 524
  • Highest: 1 in 524 boys born in 1911 were named Irving (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,979 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.8% of all boys named Irving (11,898) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s654#169 (1888)#197
1890s903#140 (1895)#169
1900s1,524#114 (1908)#145
1910s10,737#93 (1911)#105
1920s11,898#116 (1920)#142
1930s4,239#207 (1930)#267
1940s2,933#328 (1941)#366
1950s2,403#390 (1950)#477
1960s1,466#557 (1960)#642
1970s883#714 (1970)#895
1980s1,204#522 (1988)#911
1990s1,928#551 (1991)#814
2000s1,770#816 (2003)#987
2010s1,240#1,256 (2010)#1,390
2020s582#1,620 (2024)#1,697

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.

Irving in 1915

girls
#4,274
5 births · 1 in 196,770 girls
boys
#107
1,385 births · 1 in 613 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #4,274Irving5

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #107Irving1,385
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 196,770 of them was named Irving, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irving
  1. #3,795Zillah6
  2. #3,795Zillie6
  3. #3,795Zorka6
  4. #4,274Irving5
  5. #4,274Aagot5
  6. #4,274Achsah5
  7. #4,274Adabelle5

Tied with 693 names at #4,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 613 of them was named Irving, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irving
  1. #104Nicholas1,427
  2. #105Warren1,420
  3. #106Leslie1,409
  4. #107Irving1,385
  5. #108Virgil1,376
  6. #109Julius1,361
  7. #110Steve1,335
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915