Irving
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,778 for boys
Irving is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fresh”. In 2025 it ranked 1,778th for boys in the US (90 babies).
What does Irving mean?
English
“fresh”
A male given name transferred from the surname, often used by English-speaking Jews to anglicize Israel.
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Is Irving a girl's or a boy's name?
Irving is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Irving in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 4 boys.
Irving in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Irving in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,778among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 90 boys in the US were named Irving, making it the 1,778th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,533 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Irving than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Irving in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Irving in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #1,778 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2023 | 97 | #1,718 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,652 |
| 2021 | 94 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,450 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,418 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,287 |
| 2016 | 139 | #1,304 |
| 2015 | 100 | #1,599 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,447 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,326 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,439 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,377 |
| 2010 | 139 | #1,256 |
| 2009 | 139 | #1,266 |
| 2008 | 159 | #1,142 |
| 2007 | 179 | #1,050 |
| 2006 | 181 | #1,016 |
| 2005 | 177 | #979 |
| 2004 | 183 | #924 |
| 2003 | 214 | #815 |
| 2002 | 187 | #874 |
| 2001 | 160 | #957 |
| 2000 | 191 | #837 |
| 1999 | 140 | #1,000 |
| 1998 | 127 | #1,054 |
| 1997 | 131 | #986 |
| 1996 | 152 | #887 |
| 1995 | 165 | #834 |
| 1994 | 211 | #720 |
| 1993 | 187 | #763 |
| 1992 | 255 | #643 |
| 1991 | 340 | #551 |
| 1990 | 220 | #682 |
| 1989 | 222 | #669 |
| 1988 | 304 | #522 |
| 1987 | 109 | #895 |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,007 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,082 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,032 |
| 1983 | 82 | #972 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,031 |
| 1981 | 88 | #959 |
| 1980 | 91 | #938 |
| 1979 | 82 | #976 |
| 1978 | 79 | #969 |
| 1977 | 71 | #1,019 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 82 | #906 |
| 1974 | 69 | #988 |
| 1973 | 86 | #852 |
| 1972 | 102 | #792 |
| 1971 | 103 | #791 |
| 1970 | 132 | #714 |
| 1969 | 114 | #732 |
| 1968 | 122 | #680 |
| 1967 | 133 | #646 |
| 1966 | 121 | #672 |
| 1965 | 111 | #705 |
| 1964 | 139 | #658 |
| 1963 | 158 | #620 |
| 1962 | 170 | #595 |
| 1961 | 197 | #558 |
| 1960 | 201 | #557 |
| 1959 | 175 | #589 |
| 1958 | 206 | #534 |
| 1957 | 228 | #510 |
| 1956 | 219 | #511 |
| 1955 | 248 | #468 |
| 1954 | 247 | #460 |
| 1953 | 243 | #457 |
| 1952 | 253 | #442 |
| 1951 | 286 | #402 |
| 1950 | 298 | #389 |
| 1949 | 283 | #400 |
| 1948 | 290 | #398 |
| 1947 | 320 | #384 |
| 1946 | 277 | #392 |
| 1945 | 266 | #364 |
| 1944 | 267 | #369 |
| 1943 | 325 | #340 |
| 1942 | 296 | #354 |
| 1941 | 317 | #328 |
| 1940 | 292 | #335 |
| 1939 | 322 | #310 |
| 1938 | 322 | #303 |
| 1937 | 338 | #292 |
| 1936 | 340 | #293 |
| 1935 | 353 | #288 |
| 1934 | 422 | #265 |
| 1933 | 408 | #260 |
| 1932 | 508 | #237 |
| 1931 | 583 | #215 |
| 1930 | 643 | #207 |
| 1929 | 754 | #185 |
| 1928 | 879 | #166 |
| 1927 | 1,021 | #155 |
| 1926 | 1,159 | #144 |
| 1925 | 1,174 | #141 |
| 1924 | 1,260 | #137 |
| 1923 | 1,384 | #124 |
| 1922 | 1,365 | #124 |
| 1921 | 1,417 | #124 |
| 1920 | 1,485 | #116 |
| 1919 | 1,440 | #111 |
| 1918 | 1,533 | #108 |
| 1917 | 1,470 | #106 |
| 1916 | 1,373 | #109 |
| 1915 | 1,385 | #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 | #123 |
| 1906 | 170 | #125 |
| 1905 | 148 | #142 |
| 1904 | 159 | #133 |
| 1903 | 125 | #149 |
| 1902 | 104 | #167 |
| 1901 | 80 | #179 |
| 1900 | 115 | #185 |
| 1899 | 95 | #158 |
| 1898 | 113 | #150 |
| 1897 | 98 | #157 |
| 1896 | 87 | #186 |
| 1895 | 110 | #140 |
| 1894 | 102 | #150 |
| 1893 | 95 | #155 |
| 1892 | 59 | #228 |
| 1891 | 75 | #171 |
| 1890 | 69 | #193 |
| 1889 | 65 | #200 |
| 1888 | 89 | #169 |
| 1887 | 55 | #207 |
| 1886 | 60 | #219 |
| 1885 | 78 | #169 |
| 1884 | 80 | #176 |
| 1883 | 46 | #232 |
| 1882 | 61 | #207 |
| 1881 | 60 | #192 |
| 1880 | 60 | #200 |
Names like Irving
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Irving: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irving, updated 20 October 2026.