Irving is an established boys' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Irving is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,783 for boy births in the United States (and #3,810 across all names), given to 90 babies. Irving first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (1,533 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,783 |
| 2024 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,624 |
| 2023 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,721 |
| 2022 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,659 |
| 2021 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,731 |
| 2020 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,699 |
| 2019 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,456 |
| 2018 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,423 |
| 2017 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,287 |
| 2016 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,308 |
| 2015 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,605 |
| 2014 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,448 |
| 2013 | 129 | 135 | — | #1,332 |
| 2012 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,442 |
| 2011 | 121 | 129 | — | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 139 | 145 | — | #1,259 |
| 2009 | 139 | 151 | — | #1,267 |
| 2008 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,143 |
| 2007 | 179 | 190 | — | #1,051 |
| 2006 | 181 | 196 | — | #1,018 |
| 2005 | 177 | 186 | — | #981 |
| 2004 | 183 | 195 | — | #925 |
| 2003 | 214 | 237 | — | #817 |
| 2002 | 187 | 205 | — | #876 |
| 2001 | 160 | 176 | — | #962 |
| 2000 | 191 | 208 | — | #840 |
| 1999 | 140 | 159 | — | #1,004 |
| 1998 | 127 | 153 | — | #1,057 |
| 1997 | 131 | — | — | #989 |
| 1996 | 152 | — | — | #890 |
| 1995 | 165 | — | — | #838 |
| 1994 | 211 | — | — | #721 |
| 1993 | 187 | — | — | #766 |
| 1992 | 255 | — | — | #645 |
| 1991 | 340 | — | — | #551 |
| 1990 | 220 | — | — | #684 |
| 1989 | 222 | — | — | #672 |
| 1988 | 304 | — | — | #522 |
| 1987 | 109 | — | — | #901 |
| 1986 | 84 | — | — | #1,011 |
| 1985 | 73 | — | — | #1,085 |
| 1984 | 74 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1983 | 82 | — | — | #974 |
| 1982 | 77 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1981 | 88 | — | — | #962 |
| 1980 | 91 | — | — | #940 |
| 1979 | 82 | — | — | #978 |
| 1978 | 79 | — | — | #973 |
| 1977 | 71 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1976 | 77 | — | — | #953 |
| 1975 | 82 | — | — | #908 |
| 1974 | 69 | — | — | #990 |
| 1973 | 86 | — | — | #856 |
| 1972 | 102 | — | — | #793 |
| 1971 | 103 | — | — | #793 |
| 1970 | 132 | — | — | #715 |
| 1969 | 114 | — | — | #733 |
| 1968 | 122 | — | — | #681 |
| 1967 | 133 | — | — | #649 |
| 1966 | 121 | — | — | #674 |
| 1965 | 111 | — | — | #706 |
| 1964 | 139 | — | — | #658 |
| 1963 | 158 | — | — | #623 |
| 1962 | 170 | — | — | #595 |
| 1961 | 197 | — | — | #558 |
| 1960 | 201 | — | — | #558 |
| 1959 | 175 | — | — | #591 |
| 1958 | 206 | — | — | #535 |
| 1957 | 228 | — | — | #511 |
| 1956 | 219 | — | — | #512 |
| 1955 | 248 | — | — | #469 |
| 1954 | 247 | — | — | #461 |
| 1953 | 243 | — | — | #458 |
| 1952 | 253 | — | — | #443 |
| 1951 | 286 | — | — | #403 |
| 1950 | 298 | — | — | #391 |
| 1949 | 283 | — | — | #400 |
| 1948 | 290 | — | — | #398 |
| 1947 | 320 | — | — | #384 |
| 1946 | 277 | — | — | #392 |
| 1945 | 266 | — | — | #364 |
| 1944 | 267 | — | — | #369 |
| 1943 | 325 | — | — | #340 |
| 1942 | 296 | — | — | #355 |
| 1941 | 317 | — | — | #328 |
| 1940 | 292 | — | — | #335 |
| 1939 | 322 | — | — | #310 |
| 1938 | 322 | — | — | #305 |
| 1937 | 338 | — | — | #292 |
| 1936 | 340 | — | — | #293 |
| 1935 | 353 | — | — | #288 |
| 1934 | 422 | — | — | #265 |
| 1933 | 408 | — | — | #260 |
| 1932 | 508 | — | — | #237 |
| 1931 | 583 | — | — | #215 |
| 1930 | 651 | — | #3,486 | #207 |
| 1929 | 754 | — | — | #185 |
| 1928 | 889 | — | #3,037 | #166 |
| 1927 | 1,028 | — | #4,042 | #155 |
| 1926 | 1,164 | — | #5,206 | #144 |
| 1925 | 1,182 | — | #3,844 | #141 |
| 1924 | 1,265 | — | #5,432 | #137 |
| 1923 | 1,391 | — | #4,159 | #124 |
| 1922 | 1,373 | — | #3,819 | #124 |
| 1921 | 1,422 | — | #5,476 | #124 |
| 1920 | 1,492 | — | #4,169 | #116 |
| 1919 | 1,440 | — | — | #111 |
| 1918 | 1,538 | — | #5,169 | #108 |
| 1917 | 1,475 | — | #4,919 | #106 |
| 1916 | 1,373 | — | — | #109 |
| 1915 | 1,390 | — | #4,587 | #107 |
| 1914 | 1,156 | — | — | #100 |
| 1913 | 862 | — | — | #104 |
| 1912 | 815 | — | — | #94 |
| 1911 | 431 | — | — | #93 |
| 1910 | 272 | — | — | #118 |
| 1909 | 202 | — | — | #134 |
| 1908 | 225 | — | — | #114 |
| 1907 | 196 | — | — | #124 |
| 1906 | 170 | — | — | #125 |
| 1905 | 148 | — | — | #142 |
| 1904 | 159 | — | — | #133 |
| 1903 | 125 | — | — | #149 |
| 1902 | 104 | — | — | #168 |
| 1901 | 80 | — | — | #181 |
| 1900 | 115 | — | — | #185 |
| 1899 | 95 | — | — | #158 |
| 1898 | 113 | — | — | #150 |
| 1897 | 98 | — | — | #158 |
| 1896 | 87 | — | — | #188 |
| 1895 | 110 | — | — | #140 |
| 1894 | 102 | — | — | #151 |
| 1893 | 95 | — | — | #155 |
| 1892 | 59 | — | — | #229 |
| 1891 | 75 | — | — | #173 |
| 1890 | 69 | — | — | #193 |
| 1889 | 65 | — | — | #201 |
| 1888 | 89 | — | — | #170 |
| 1887 | 55 | — | — | #208 |
| 1886 | 60 | — | — | #219 |
| 1885 | 78 | — | — | #170 |
| 1884 | 80 | — | — | #176 |
| 1883 | 46 | — | — | #233 |
| 1882 | 61 | — | — | #208 |
| 1881 | 60 | — | — | #192 |
| 1880 | 60 | — | — | #203 |