Irvin
Irvin was given to 80 boys in 2025, #1,937 among boys’ names; 39,997 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,500 Americans named Irvin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 23 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Irvin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Irvin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Irvin is “a male given name.”
/ˈɝvɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Irvin?
#1,937 among boys’ names, 2025
Irvin fell from #1,478 in 2015 to #1,937 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 59.0 to 46.8 per million.
826 babies in 1923, the peak
Irvin peaked in 1923, when 826 babies were given it (817 boys, #173 among boys’ names). The 80 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #1,937 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,066 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,052 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 88 | #1,833 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 90 | #1,774 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 82 | #1,819 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 100 | #1,637 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,390 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,425 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,541 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 113 | #1,478 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 142 | #1,259 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 148 | #1,211 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 194 | #1,015 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 249 | #858 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 219 | #922 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 291 | #781 | 0.15 |
| 2008 | 320 | #721 | 0.16 |
| 2007 | 316 | #725 | 0.15 |
| 2006 | 341 | #669 | 0.17 |
| 2005 | 366 | #613 | 0.18 |
| 2004 | 307 | #664 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 323 | #634 | 0.16 |
| 2002 | 297 | #646 | 0.15 |
| 2001 | 282 | #656 | 0.15 |
| 2000 | 272 | #660 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 265 | #652 | 0.14 |
| 1998 | 274 | #642 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 298 | #595 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 291 | #608 | 0.15 |
| 1995 | 294 | #598 | 0.15 |
| 1994 | 261 | #641 | 0.14 |
| 1993 | 277 | #619 | 0.14 |
| 1992 | 353 | #543 | 0.18 |
| 1991 | 407 | #493 | 0.20 |
| 1990 | 270 | #611 | 0.13 |
| 1989 | 267 | #599 | 0.13 |
| 1988 | 328 | #506 | 0.17 |
| 1987 | 143 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 87 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 92 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 86 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 104 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 75 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 113 | #830 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 106 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 101 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 109 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 93 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 96 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 97 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 122 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 145 | #662 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 116 | #736 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 149 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 160 | #644 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 162 | #613 | 0.09 |
| 1968 | 159 | #604 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 153 | #606 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 161 | #591 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 223 | #509 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 205 | #551 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 247 | #509 | 0.12 |
| 1962 | 261 | #490 | 0.13 |
| 1961 | 256 | #497 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 298 | #461 | 0.14 |
| 1959 | 272 | #474 | 0.13 |
| 1958 | 280 | #475 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 301 | #441 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 355 | #403 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 349 | #385 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 350 | #380 | 0.17 |
| 1953 | 332 | #379 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 391 | #347 | 0.20 |
| 1951 | 370 | #358 | 0.20 |
| 1950 | 371 | #348 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 378 | #344 | 0.21 |
| 1948 | 358 | #355 | 0.20 |
| 1947 | 397 | #343 | 0.22 |
| 1946 | 366 | #337 | 0.23 |
| 1945 | 351 | #317 | 0.26 |
| 1944 | 380 | #310 | 0.28 |
| 1943 | 417 | #303 | 0.29 |
| 1942 | 445 | #286 | 0.32 |
| 1941 | 392 | #294 | 0.32 |
| 1940 | 409 | #276 | 0.35 |
| 1939 | 393 | #280 | 0.36 |
| 1938 | 414 | #270 | 0.37 |
| 1937 | 455 | #251 | 0.43 |
| 1936 | 443 | #251 | 0.43 |
| 1935 | 475 | #244 | 0.46 |
| 1934 | 471 | #243 | 0.46 |
| 1933 | 446 | #246 | 0.45 |
| 1932 | 518 | #232 | 0.50 |
| 1931 | 547 | #223 | 0.53 |
| 1930 | 598 | #218 | 0.54 |
| 1929 | 646 | #204 | 0.60 |
| 1928 | 687 | #199 | 0.62 |
| 1927 | 669 | #207 | 0.59 |
| 1926 | 675 | #205 | 0.61 |
| 1925 | 707 | #199 | 0.63 |
| 1924 | 763 | #187 | 0.67 |
| 1923 | 817 | #173 | 0.75 |
| 1922 | 718 | #192 | 0.66 |
| 1921 | 789 | #179 | 0.72 |
| 1920 | 775 | #182 | 0.73 |
| 1919 | 764 | #172 | 0.78 |
| 1918 | 798 | #169 | 0.79 |
| 1917 | 734 | #170 | 0.79 |
| 1916 | 724 | #164 | 0.81 |
| 1915 | 681 | #168 | 0.80 |
| 1914 | 491 | #181 | 0.75 |
| 1913 | 422 | #165 | 0.82 |
| 1912 | 344 | #170 | 0.80 |
| 1911 | 164 | #191 | 0.73 |
| 1910 | 137 | #192 | 0.71 |
| 1909 | 109 | #198 | 0.66 |
| 1908 | 104 | #198 | 0.67 |
| 1907 | 120 | #183 | 0.82 |
| 1906 | 88 | #200 | 0.66 |
| 1905 | 87 | #198 | 0.66 |
| 1904 | 107 | #170 | 0.84 |
| 1903 | 95 | #173 | 0.80 |
| 1902 | 91 | #184 | 0.74 |
| 1901 | 88 | #168 | 0.83 |
| 1900 | 118 | #177 | 0.78 |
| 1899 | 73 | #188 | 0.69 |
| 1898 | 79 | #191 | 0.64 |
| 1897 | 75 | #197 | 0.67 |
| 1896 | 79 | #201 | 0.66 |
| 1895 | 65 | #214 | 0.55 |
| 1894 | 90 | #169 | 0.78 |
| 1893 | 88 | #164 | 0.78 |
| 1892 | 85 | #185 | 0.70 |
| 1891 | 73 | #179 | 0.72 |
| 1890 | 82 | #172 | 0.74 |
| 1889 | 76 | #177 | 0.69 |
| 1888 | 78 | #191 | 0.65 |
| 1887 | 55 | #207 | 0.54 |
| 1886 | 71 | #190 | 0.64 |
| 1885 | 91 | #149 | 0.84 |
| 1884 | 86 | #162 | 0.75 |
| 1883 | 73 | #169 | 0.70 |
| 1882 | 66 | #195 | 0.58 |
| 1881 | 88 | #140 | 0.87 |
| 1880 | 86 | #159 | 0.78 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Irvin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Irvin has been given almost only to boys: 75 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Irvin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Irvin, and how old are they?
16,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 41% of the 39,997 Americans ever recorded as Irvin. The median Irvin alive today is 38 years old; half are between 23 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 17,413 people named Irvin (53 women and girls, 17,360 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 18,191 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,460 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,970 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,880 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,540 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,340 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Irvin born?
The states with the most babies named Irvin are Pennsylvania, California and Texas, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 3,536 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 3,139 | #1,389 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 2,456 | #1,229 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,644 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 1,643 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Maryland | 1,576 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Louisiana | 1,563 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| New York | 1,354 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 1,284 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 1,052 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Irvin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Irvin is most over-represented in Maryland: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Irvin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 41,347 babies since 1880, Irvin is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 80 of their 80 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Irvin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Irvin and names like it
- Compare Irvin and IrvenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sIrvin peaked in 1923.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Irvin since 1910.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Irvin.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Irvin alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with IMost given first.