Boys' name · peaked in 1911
Irving name popularity since 1925
23,673 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Irving. Half of them were born in 1948 or earlier, so the typical Irving is about 78 years old in 2026. Irving peaked in 1911 as the #93 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,673
- Named Irving, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1911
- #93 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,783 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 38 girls · 23,635 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 4.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Irving made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Irving births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Irving peaked earlier, in 1911.
- Fastest rise: Between 1987 and 1992, Irving became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 17,100 baby boys to 1 in 7,830.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, its share of baby boys fell by 52%, from 1 in 5,940 to 1 in 12,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Irving's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Irving.
Decade by decade
Babies named Irving in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 30 | 4,987 | – |
| 1930s | 8 | 4,239 | #288 |
| 1940s | 0 | 2,933 | #364 |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,403 | #469 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,466 | #706 |
| 1970s | 0 | 883 | #908 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,204 | #1,085 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,928 | #838 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,770 | #981 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,240 | #1,605 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 582 | #1,783 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
32.3% of babies named Irving from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Irving is most popular
The index compares Irving's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Irving.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 4.30× | 6,377 |
| New Jersey | 2.00× | 1,077 |
| Connecticut | 1.90× | 402 |
| Massachusetts | 1.79× | 831 |
| Louisiana | 1.41× | 494 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Irving's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Irving.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Irving (1911).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data