Irvin
Irvin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 72 births. Its best rank was 140th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 720.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1923817 births
- Best rank
- #140in 1881
- Since 1880
- 39,840people given the name
The story in the numbers
39,840 boys have been named Irvin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 817 births.
The name has all but left use: 72 births in 2024, against 817 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 131 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Irvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 770 | |
| 1890s | 789 | |
| 1900s | 1,007 | |
| 1910s | 5,259 | |
| 1920s | 7,246 | |
| 1930s | 4,760 | |
| 1940s | 3,893 | |
| 1950s | 3,371 | |
| 1960s | 2,125 | |
| 1970s | 1,188 | |
| 1980s | 1,401 | |
| 1990s | 2,990 | |
| 2000s | 3,115 | |
| 2010s | 1,521 | |
| 2020s | 405 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Irvin was the 173rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Irvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Louispeak 1921
- Wilberpeak 1919
- Alfredpeak 1928
- Willispeak 1924
- Sidneypeak 1918
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Valentinepeak 1918
- Lambertpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.