Irven

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Irven has been given to 1,086 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 45 recorded.

Babies named Irven, 1996

1 in 729,000

Irven over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Irven: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Irven means

Irven is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Irven is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,086 boys were recorded with the name Irven between 1880 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 45 in 1921; its best national rank was #713 in 1892.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Irven?

Irven had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1996, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1996: 1 in 729,000; 5 of 3,646,048 births
Among boys only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1996: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 505,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Irven sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1996 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 505,451 children born in 1996 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Irven. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Irvens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Irven was born before 1928 — so the typical Irven is around 97 today.

Median birth year: 1928; About 97 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 28.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 2.0%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 173; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 28.5% of all recorded uses (309).

Is Irven rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (45)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #713; 1892

Spellings of Irven

Irven is not the most common spelling — Ivan is, with 35.5% against Irven's 0.26%.

Ivan35.5%150,137
Irving10.5%44,364
Irvin9.5%39,922
Ervin9.2%38,991
Irwin3.8%15,946
Deven2.5%10,670
Oren2.2%9,502
Keven2.1%8,752

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Irven is used

Across 1910–2025, Irven was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 962,607 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Iowa1 in —
2Michigan1 in —
3Ohio1 in —
4Oklahoma1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Irven has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Irven by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #713; 1892
Peak year: 1921; 45 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1996
All-time count: 1,086
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Irven

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ayven Kaven Taven Zaven Maven Reuven Braven Iven Daven Aiven Neven Irvine Traven Raven Seven Javen Tayven Riven Gaven Caven Joven Irvan Even Jayven

Sibling names for Irven

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Dortha

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford

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