How Many People Are Named Irving?
people named Irving are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 28,316 people in the US has this name
Based on 44,449 babies named Irving in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,538 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name meaning "green water". Historically this name has been relatively common among Jews, who have used it as an American-sounding form of Hebrew names beginning with I such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah. A famous bearer was the Russian-American songwriter and lyricist Irving Berlin (1888-1989), whose birth name was Israel Beilin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Irving in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Irving alive today is about 45 years old, and 36% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 22 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Irving first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 1,538 babies. In 2025, 90 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Irving never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #93, in 1911, and it was in the top 100 in 3 years between 1911 and 1914. In 2025 it ranked #1,783.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,783 |
| Best rank | #93 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | 3 (1911 to 1914) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #140 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Irving alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Irving were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,260 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Irving was given 4.5 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in Connecticut and 2.1 times in District of Columbia.
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