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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #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 1925

girls
#3,664
8 births · 1 in 152,173 girls
boys
#141
1,174 births · 1 in 951 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #3,664Irving8

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #141Irving1,174
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 152,173 of them was named Irving, which outranked 36.5% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irving
  1. #3,362Wylene9
  2. #3,362Zeda9
  3. #3,362Zelta9
  4. #3,664Irving8
  5. #3,664Adalyn8
  6. #3,664Adrianne8
  7. #3,664Agusta8
  8. #4,028Adalene7
  9. #4,028Adamae7
  10. #4,028Ader7

Tied with 363 names at #3,664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 605Nanette#1,475#870
  2. 417Paulina#1,258#841
  3. 353Estela#1,258#905
  4. 323Delois#1,123#800
  5. 313Veola#1,301#988
Fallers
  1. 610Kathlyn#999#1,609
  2. 396Izetta#951#1,347
  3. 355Loma#941#1,296
  4. 345Phylis#880#1,225
  5. 309Eris#728#1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 951 of them was named Irving, which outranked 97.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irving
  1. #138Tom1,216
  2. #139Willis1,198
  3. #140Dean1,195
  4. #141Irving1,174
  5. #142Johnny1,167
  6. #143Patrick1,153
  7. #144Steve1,145
Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 548Okey#1,532#984
  2. 494Eddy#1,492#998
  3. 422Terrence#1,223#801
  4. 371Hughie#1,355#984
  5. 363Rexford#1,287#924
Fallers
  1. 444Baxter#916#1,360
  2. 429Adelbert#817#1,246
  3. 407Jonnie#925#1,332
  4. 406Faustino#984#1,390
  5. 387Deward#859#1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925