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
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 431 births
- Debut · boys
- 60 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 44,364since 1880
Irving over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,778 | 90 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,620 | 105 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,718 | 97 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,652 | 104 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,721 | 94 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,694 | 92 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,450 | 120 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,418 | 123 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,287 | 141 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,304 | 139 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,599 | 100 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,447 | 113 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,326 | 129 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,439 | 115 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,377 | 121 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,256 | 139 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,266 | 139 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,142 | 159 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,050 | 179 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,016 | 181 | |
| 2005 | — | #980 | 177 | |
| 2004 | — | #925 | 183 | |
| 2003 | — | #816 | 214 | |
| 2002 | — | #875 | 187 | |
| 2001 | — | #958 | 160 | |
| 2000 | — | #839 | 191 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,002 | 140 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,057 | 127 | |
| 1997 | — | #988 | 131 | |
| 1996 | — | #889 | 152 | |
| 1995 | — | #837 | 165 | |
| 1994 | — | #721 | 211 | |
| 1993 | — | #765 | 187 | |
| 1992 | — | #645 | 255 | |
| 1991 | — | #551 | 340 | |
| 1990 | — | #684 | 220 | |
| 1989 | — | #672 | 222 | |
| 1988 | — | #522 | 304 | |
| 1987 | — | #896 | 109 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,008 | 84 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,083 | 73 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,033 | 74 | |
| 1983 | — | #972 | 82 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,031 | 77 | |
| 1981 | — | #959 | 88 | |
| 1980 | — | #938 | 91 | |
| 1979 | — | #976 | 82 | |
| 1978 | — | #969 | 79 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,019 | 71 | |
| 1976 | — | #946 | 77 | |
| 1975 | — | #906 | 82 | |
| 1974 | — | #988 | 69 | |
| 1973 | — | #852 | 86 | |
| 1972 | — | #792 | 102 | |
| 1971 | — | #791 | 103 | |
| 1970 | — | #714 | 132 | |
| 1969 | — | #732 | 114 | |
| 1968 | — | #680 | 122 | |
| 1967 | — | #646 | 133 | |
| 1966 | — | #672 | 121 | |
| 1965 | — | #705 | 111 | |
| 1964 | — | #658 | 139 | |
| 1963 | — | #620 | 158 | |
| 1962 | — | #595 | 170 | |
| 1961 | — | #558 | 197 | |
| 1960 | — | #557 | 201 | |
| 1959 | — | #590 | 175 | |
| 1958 | — | #535 | 206 | |
| 1957 | — | #511 | 228 | |
| 1956 | — | #512 | 219 | |
| 1955 | — | #469 | 248 | |
| 1954 | — | #461 | 247 | |
| 1953 | — | #458 | 243 | |
| 1952 | — | #443 | 253 | |
| 1951 | — | #403 | 286 | |
| 1950 | — | #390 | 298 | |
| 1949 | — | #400 | 283 | |
| 1948 | — | #398 | 290 | |
| 1947 | — | #384 | 320 | |
| 1946 | — | #392 | 277 | |
| 1945 | — | #364 | 266 | |
| 1944 | — | #369 | 267 | |
| 1943 | — | #340 | 325 | |
| 1942 | — | #354 | 296 | |
| 1941 | — | #328 | 317 | |
| 1940 | — | #335 | 292 | |
| 1939 | — | #310 | 322 | |
| 1938 | — | #303 | 322 | |
| 1937 | — | #292 | 338 | |
| 1936 | — | #293 | 340 | |
| 1935 | — | #288 | 353 | |
| 1934 | — | #265 | 422 | |
| 1933 | — | #260 | 408 | |
| 1932 | — | #237 | 508 | |
| 1931 | — | #215 | 583 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #207 | 643 |
| 1929 | — | #185 | 754 | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #166 | 879 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #155 | 1,021 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #144 | 1,159 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #141 | 1,174 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #137 | 1,260 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #124 | 1,384 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #124 | 1,365 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #124 | 1,417 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #116 | 1,485 |
| 1919 | — | #111 | 1,440 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #108 | 1,533 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #106 | 1,470 |
| 1916 | — | #109 | 1,373 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #107 | 1,385 |
| 1914 | — | #100 | 1,156 | |
| 1913 | — | #104 | 862 | |
| 1912 | — | #94 | 815 | |
| 1911 | — | #93 | 431 | |
| 1910 | — | #118 | 272 | |
| 1909 | — | #134 | 202 | |
| 1908 | — | #114 | 225 | |
| 1907 | — | #123 | 196 | |
| 1906 | — | #125 | 170 | |
| 1905 | — | #142 | 148 | |
| 1904 | — | #133 | 159 | |
| 1903 | — | #149 | 125 | |
| 1902 | — | #167 | 104 | |
| 1901 | — | #179 | 80 | |
| 1900 | — | #185 | 115 | |
| 1899 | — | #158 | 95 | |
| 1898 | — | #150 | 113 | |
| 1897 | — | #157 | 98 | |
| 1896 | — | #186 | 87 | |
| 1895 | — | #140 | 110 | |
| 1894 | — | #150 | 102 | |
| 1893 | — | #155 | 95 | |
| 1892 | — | #228 | 59 | |
| 1891 | — | #171 | 75 | |
| 1890 | — | #193 | 69 | |
| 1889 | — | #200 | 65 | |
| 1888 | — | #169 | 89 | |
| 1887 | — | #207 | 55 | |
| 1886 | — | #219 | 60 | |
| 1885 | — | #169 | 78 | |
| 1884 | — | #176 | 80 | |
| 1883 | — | #232 | 46 | |
| 1882 | — | #207 | 61 | |
| 1881 | — | #192 | 60 | |
| 1880 | — | #200 | 60 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1911 at #93 (431 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1911–1912
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1976
- Highest: 1 in 524 boys born in 1911 were named Irving (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,979 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Irving (11,898) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 654 | #169 (1888) | #197 |
| 1890s | 903 | #140 (1895) | #169 |
| 1900s | 1,524 | #114 (1908) | #145 |
| 1910s | 10,737 | #93 (1911) | #105 |
| 1920s | 11,898 | #116 (1920) | #142 |
| 1930s | 4,239 | #207 (1930) | #267 |
| 1940s | 2,933 | #328 (1941) | #366 |
| 1950s | 2,403 | #390 (1950) | #477 |
| 1960s | 1,466 | #557 (1960) | #642 |
| 1970s | 883 | #714 (1970) | #895 |
| 1980s | 1,204 | #522 (1988) | #911 |
| 1990s | 1,928 | #551 (1991) | #814 |
| 2000s | 1,770 | #816 (2003) | #987 |
| 2010s | 1,240 | #1,256 (2010) | #1,390 |
| 2020s | 582 | #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 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 171,184 of them was named Irving, which outranked 31.4% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,598Zelta8
- #3,598Zenia8
- #3,598Zerline8
- #3,957Irving7
- #3,957Adabelle7
- #3,957Adair7
- #3,957Adalee7
- #4,398Achsah6
- #4,398Adelaine6
- #4,398Adelma6
Tied with 440 names at #3,957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 717 of them was named Irving, which outranked 97.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.