Irvine — boys' name
899 babies named Irvine in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Irvine was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Irvine in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Irvine
The Social Security Administration has registered 899 babies named Irvine between 1883 and 2006, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Irvine currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Irvine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Irvine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Irvine in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Irvine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 899 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Irvine at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Irvine popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1883
- Peak year (1915)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 124 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
899 total births across 124 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 30 births in a single year.
Irvine popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1920 (Irvine as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Irvine accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Irvine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 212 births that decade — 24% of Irvine's all-time total
Irvine decade highlights
- Peak decade 212 births
- Runner-up 172 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Irvine's strongest decade
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Irvine by state
Where Irvine concentrates geographically — total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.6% |
28 of 899 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.7% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1883–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.