Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Irving

#538 most common boys' name of all time · #1,188 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#538
Rank overall
#1,188 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
44,449
Since 2016
1,105
Peak year
1918 #108
Best rank
#93 1911
Girls Boys peak 1,538/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Irving is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 90 90 #1,778
2024 — 105 105 #1,620
2023 — 97 97 #1,718
2022 — 104 104 #1,653
2021 — 94 94 #1,722
2020 — 92 92 #1,694
2019 — 120 120 #1,451
2018 — 123 123 #1,419
2017 — 141 141 #1,287
2016 — 139 139 #1,304
2015 — 100 100 #1,599
2014 — 113 113 #1,447
2013 — 129 129 #1,326
2012 — 115 115 #1,439
2011 — 121 121 #1,377
2010 — 139 139 #1,256
2009 — 139 139 #1,266
2008 — 159 159 #1,142
2007 — 179 179 #1,051
2006 — 181 181 #1,016
2005 — 177 177 #980
2004 — 183 183 #925
2003 — 214 214 #816
2002 — 187 187 #876
2001 — 160 160 #959
2000 — 191 191 #839
1999 — 140 140 #1,002
1998 — 127 127 #1,057
1997 — 131 131 #989
1996 — 152 152 #889
1995 — 165 165 #837
1994 — 211 211 #721
1993 — 187 187 #765
1992 — 255 255 #645
1991 — 340 340 #552
1990 — 220 220 #684
1989 — 222 222 #672
1988 — 304 304 #522
1987 — 109 109 #897
1986 — 84 84 #1,009
1985 — 73 73 #1,083
1984 — 74 74 #1,035
1983 — 82 82 #972
1982 — 77 77 #1,031
1981 — 88 88 #959
1980 — 91 91 #939
1979 — 82 82 #977
1978 — 79 79 #970
1977 — 71 71 #1,019
1976 — 77 77 #946
1975 — 82 82 #906
1974 — 69 69 #989
1973 — 86 86 #853
1972 — 102 102 #792
1971 — 103 103 #792
1970 — 132 132 #714
1969 — 114 114 #733
1968 — 122 122 #681
1967 — 133 133 #647
1966 — 121 121 #674
1965 — 111 111 #705
1964 — 139 139 #658
1963 — 158 158 #622
1962 — 170 170 #595
1961 — 197 197 #558
1960 — 201 201 #557
1959 — 175 175 #591
1958 — 206 206 #535
1957 — 228 228 #511
1956 — 219 219 #512
1955 — 248 248 #469
1954 — 247 247 #461
1953 — 243 243 #458
1952 — 253 253 #443
1951 — 286 286 #403
1950 — 298 298 #390
1949 — 283 283 #400
1948 — 290 290 #398
1947 — 320 320 #384
1946 — 277 277 #392
1945 — 266 266 #364
1944 — 267 267 #369
1943 — 325 325 #340
1942 — 296 296 #354
1941 — 317 317 #328
1940 — 292 292 #335
1939 — 322 322 #310
1938 — 322 322 #306
1937 — 338 338 #292
1936 — 340 340 #293
1935 — 353 353 #288
1934 — 422 422 #265
1933 — 408 408 #260
1932 — 508 508 #237
1931 — 583 583 #215
1930 8 643 651 #207
1929 — 754 754 #185
1928 10 879 889 #166
1927 7 1,021 1,028 #155
1926 5 1,159 1,164 #144
1925 8 1,174 1,182 #141
1924 5 1,260 1,265 #137
1923 7 1,384 1,391 #124
1922 8 1,365 1,373 #124
1921 5 1,417 1,422 #124
1920 7 1,485 1,492 #116
1919 — 1,440 1,440 #111
1918 5 1,533 1,538 #108
1917 5 1,470 1,475 #106
1916 — 1,373 1,373 #109
1915 5 1,385 1,390 #107
1914 — 1,156 1,156 #100
1913 — 862 862 #104
1912 — 815 815 #94
1911 — 431 431 #93
1910 — 272 272 #118
1909 — 202 202 #134
1908 — 225 225 #114
1907 — 196 196 #124
1906 — 170 170 #125
1905 — 148 148 #142
1904 — 159 159 #133
1903 — 125 125 #149
1902 — 104 104 #170
1901 — 80 80 #182
1900 — 115 115 #185
1899 — 95 95 #159
1898 — 113 113 #150
1897 — 98 98 #157
1896 — 87 87 #188
1895 — 110 110 #140
1894 — 102 102 #151
1893 — 95 95 #156
1892 — 59 59 #229
1891 — 75 75 #174
1890 — 69 69 #193
1889 — 65 65 #200
1888 — 89 89 #170
1887 — 55 55 #208
1886 — 60 60 #219
1885 — 78 78 #170
1884 — 80 80 #177
1883 — 46 46 #233
1882 — 61 61 #208
1881 — 60 60 #192
1880 — 60 60 #203