Girls' name · since 1899
Irva
229 babies named Irva in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1899. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 229
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
Irva sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 229 recorded since 1899.
Irva has 229 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1949.
- #18,449 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 229 born since 1899
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Irva ranks #18,449 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 229 born since 1899, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 229
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
Irva's 229 recorded births place it above 74.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Irva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Irva splits its recorded history at 1923: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1899 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Irva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1949
- Peak year (1899)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Irva by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (65 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Irva's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Irva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 19
1890s
19 births
- 1900s 17
1900s
17 births
- 1910s
1910s
64 births
- 1920s
1920s
65 births
- 1930s
1930s
29 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 65 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Irva's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 1940s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Irva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1899)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1899–1949 (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 Irva 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.