first name
IRVING
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,717 people named Irving, 46.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 34.8% as White and 14.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Irving peaked in 1918, when 1,538 babies got the name.
At least 44,449 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.
Irving by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #257. The largest share of babies named Irving, 50.6%, 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 Irving is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Irving has been most common in New York (5.2×), Connecticut (2.3×), and Massachusetts (2.2×), and least common in Tennessee (0.04×).
36,434 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 Irving
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Irving, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Irving ranks #2,460 of 156,621, with 14,329 people. See Irving as a last name
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