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Irving

boy name
Origin
Scottish
Syllables
2
Peak era
1910s/1920s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

from the River Irvine, green water

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1910s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Irving peaked in the 1910s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

321 people · the #18,144 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 30

1980s1990s2000s

Among people named Irving living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Where Irving travels

Jewish American · An Americanized choice adopted widely by Jewish immigrant families in the early 20th century.

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