Irving
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Irving
It might be surprising to know that this name originated as a Scottish place and surname name, as in Washington Irving. It became a popular choice for first-generation Jewish-American boys, such as best-selling authors Irving Stone and Irving Wallace, whose parents looked to surnames from the British Isles to confer a measure of assimilation and class.
Irving Berlin changed his name from Israel; actor Ving Rhames streamlined and coolized it. Irving was a Top 100 name during World War I, and though we don't envision it reaching those heights again, we can see some hipster parents having their own little Ving.
Irving is also given to girls.
Pronounced ER-ving.
As of October 2026, Irving ranked #1783 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #93 in 1911.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,448 | 113 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,605 | 100 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,307 | 139 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,287 | 141 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,423 | 123 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,456 | 120 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,699 | 92 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,731 | 94 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,657 | 104 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,719 | 97 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,617 | 105 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,783 | 90 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Irving for boys
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Irving on lists
Famous Irvings
- Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Baline)Boy
American composer
- Irving Grant ThalbergBoy
American film producer
- Washington IrvingBoy
American author
- Irving Rameses "Ving" RhamesBoy
American actor
- Irving Lester JanisBoy
American research psychologist
- Irving Mills (born Isadore Minsky)Boy
American jazz publisher and musician
- Irving CaesarBoy
(born Isidor Keiser) American lyricist
- Irving LangmuirBoy
American Nobel Prize,winning chemist
- Irving FisherBoy
American economist
Irving in pop culture
- Irving "Irv" HarperBoy
character on TV's "Everwood"
- Lloyd IrvingBoy
main character of video game "Tales of Symphonia"
- Irving HillmanBoy
character in newspaper comic strip "Cathy"
- Irving BeaksBoy
a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "Harvey Beaks"
- IrvingBoy
character mentioned in the movie "Chicago," during the "Cell Block Tango" number
- Irving BurnsideBoy
Jon Arbuckle's next door neighbor in the cartoon show "Garfield and Friends"