boy's name

Irvine

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,017

Scotland

#582

2020 births

Irvine is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2006 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1920, when 31 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1883.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Irvine over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2006, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Irvine by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 11
1890s 16
1900s 27
1910s 172
1920s 217
1930s 131
1940s 116
1950s 73
1960s 26
1980s 30
1990s 61
2000s (to 2006) 24

How popular is Irvine?

In 2006, Irvine was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Irvine is used

Scotland #582 5 in 2020
England & Wales #5,555 3 in 2009
France #6,529 5 in 2018
United States #11,571 6 in 2006

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Irvine

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Irvine

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Irvine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Irvine

How popular is the name Irvine?

In 2006, Irvine was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Irvine a girl's or a boy's name?

Irvine is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Irvine?

Irvine has 2 syllables.

When was Irvine most popular?

Irvine peaked in 1920, when 31 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.