How Many People Are Named Irvin?
people named Irvin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,372 people in the US has this name
Based on 39,997 babies named Irvin in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
826 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was a variant of either IRVING or IRWIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Irvin in English. Counting Irvin and these spellings together, about 17,028 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Irvin (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Irvin alive today is about 44 years old, and 37% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Irvin first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1923, to 826 babies. In 2025, 80 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Irvin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #140, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,937.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,937 |
| Best rank | #140 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #186 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Irvin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Irvin were born in California than in any other state: about 2,646 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Irvin was given 3.5 times as often in Maryland, 2.6 times in Louisiana and 2.2 times in Virginia.
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