first name
IRVIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,413 people named Irvin, 41% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 35.6% as White and 18.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Irvin peaked in 1923, when 826 babies got the name.
At least 39,997 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Irvin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #399. The largest share of babies named Irvin, 30.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Irvin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Irvin has been most common in Maryland (3.2×), Louisiana (2.6×), and Virginia (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.1×).
32,483 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Irvin
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Irvin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Irvin ranks #1,739 of 156,621, with 20,083 people. See Irvin as a last name
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