# Irvin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/irvin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɝvɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 39,997 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 39,922 / 75 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,751 |
| 1921 | 11 | 3,034 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,697 |
| 1923 | 9 | 3,487 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,727 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,416 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,832 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,698 |
| 1951 | 9 | 3,825 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6,087 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,851 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 249 | 858 |
| 2012 | 194 | 1,015 |
| 2013 | 148 | 1,211 |
| 2014 | 142 | 1,259 |
| 2015 | 113 | 1,478 |
| 2016 | 108 | 1,541 |
| 2017 | 122 | 1,425 |
| 2018 | 127 | 1,390 |
| 2019 | 100 | 1,637 |
| 2020 | 82 | 1,819 |
| 2021 | 90 | 1,774 |
| 2022 | 88 | 1,833 |
| 2023 | 73 | 2,053 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,066 |
| 2025 | 80 | 1,937 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## People named Irvin

- Irvin Yalom, American psychotherapist and writer
- Irvin Kershner, American film director (1923–2010)
- Irvin McDowell, American general (1818–1885)
- Irvin S. Cobb, American writer (1876-1944)
- Irvin Willat, film director (1890-1976)
- Fred Irvin Diamond, American mathematician specializing in modular forms and Galois representations (b.1964)
- Irvin Yeaworth, German film director (1926-2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.