Boys' name · since 2016
Hirving
83 babies named Hirving in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hirving is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 83 have been recorded since 2016.
Hirving has 83 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2023.
- #18,631 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 83 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hirving ranks #18,631 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 83
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hirving's 83 recorded births place it above 58.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Hirving's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hirving splits its recorded history at 2019: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hirving popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2023
- Peak year (2018)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Hirving by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 77% of the file).
2010s was Hirving's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Hirving births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (77% of all-time use).
Hirving by state
Where Hirving concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Washington | | 5 | 6.0% |
8 of 83 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Hirving's decade-level peak was the 2010s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Hirvings (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hirving: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hirving draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.