Irven

Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015

Peak · boys
1892 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,086
since 1880

Irven over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Irven has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #688, 1892boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
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2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
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2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
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1999
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1997
1996#9,0155
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988#7,2705
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#6,3855
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973#4,0547
1972
1971
1970
1969#4,4045
1968
1967#3,5596
1966#3,9485
1965#2,7809
1964#4,0395
1963
1962#2,67310
1961#2,53811
1960#3,3377
1959
1958#3,5596
1957#2,49411
1956#2,49711
1955
1954#2,59210
1953#1,90017
1952#2,15313
1951#2,13513
1950#2,20712
1949#2,8028
1948#2,7888
1947#1,59922
1946#1,81316
1945#2,3939
1944#1,63018
1943#1,69918
1942#2,5239
1941#1,82115
1940#2,17911
1939#1,35924
1938#1,55919
1937#1,82815
1936#1,38423
1935#2,02913
1934#1,93214
1933#1,58619
1932#1,92215
1931#1,36126
1930#1,75318
1929#1,48024
1928#1,38228
1927#1,12840
1926#1,84618
1925#1,24633
1924#1,89418
1923#1,14039
1922#1,47026
1921#1,04545
1920#1,15738
1919#1,24732
1918#1,11238
1917#1,43724
1916#1,45923
1915#1,15931
1914#1,34220
1913#1,04923
1912#1,26814
1911
1910#1,1189
1909
1908
1907#1,0947
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#8577
1898
1897
1896#9007
1895#9786
1894
1893
1892#68810
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,0315
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884#7018
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Irven was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Irven
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
  • Biggest jump: 78 spots in 1896 (#978#900)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #688 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1895–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,203
  • Highest: 1 in 12,203 boys born in 1892 were named Irven (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,860 boys born in 1996 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.5% of all boys named Irven (309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#701 (1884)#909
1890s30#688 (1892)#856
1900s12#1,094 (1907)#1,150
1910s214#1,049 (1913)#1,243
1920s309#1,045 (1921)#1,379
1930s186#1,359 (1939)#1,671
1940s134#1,599 (1947)#2,125
1950s93#1,900 (1953)#2,442
1960s58#2,538 (1961)#3,410
1970s7#4,054 (1973)#4,054
1980s10#6,385 (1982)#6,828
1990s5#9,015 (1996)#9,015

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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