Irving
Boy nameIrving has been given to 44,449 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1918.
Meaning & origin /ˈɜː.vɪŋ/
Variant of the Scottish habitational surname Irvine, probably from a Celtic word cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“fresh”) + afon (“river”).
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
44,449
Peak year
1918 (1,538 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -10%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Irving
Irving Langmuir
American chemist and physicist (1881–1957)
Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)
Irving Thalberg
American film producer (1899-1936)
Irving Fisher
American economist and statistician (1867–1947)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Irving.
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