Irl

Last seen for boys in 1970 at #4,230

Peak · boys
1889 · 11 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
554
since 1887

Irl over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Irl has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #581, 1889boys
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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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1970#4,2306
1969#4,4045
1968#3,6736
1967#3,5596
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1963#4,0485
1962#3,6406
1961
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1959#3,9885
1958#3,2757
1957#3,9935
1956#3,5356
1955#3,8865
1954#2,20713
1953#2,18613
1952
1951#3,3646
1950#2,11113
1949#2,22512
1948#2,11513
1947#2,6719
1946#2,5349
1945
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1942#2,5239
1941#1,99713
1940#3,4595
1939#2,4499
1938#2,6468
1937#2,4799
1936#2,6298
1935
1934#2,12112
1933#3,0047
1932#1,99514
1931#2,6519
1930#2,44411
1929#3,2477
1928#2,8439
1927#2,19314
1926#2,43612
1925#2,43512
1924#2,47312
1923#2,12315
1922#2,04016
1921#1,82919
1920#2,05216
1919#2,38512
1918#2,69910
1917#1,90016
1916#2,9268
1915#1,87815
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1912#1,7469
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1898#1,0026
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#7958
1894#59412
1893
1892#64111
1891#6359
1890#6679
1889#58111
1888#8157
1887#58310
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Irl! It came in at #583, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Irl
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
  • Biggest jump: 234 spots in 1889 (#815#581)
  • Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1896 (#795#1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1889 at #581 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1887–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,647
  • Highest: 1 in 9,647 boys born in 1894 were named Irl (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 309,705 boys born in 1970 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #581 in 1889, was only 1 in 10,053 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.8% of all boys named Irl (132) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#581 (1889)#660
1890s60#594 (1894)#776
1900s0
1910s70#1,746 (1912)#2,256
1920s132#1,829 (1921)#2,367
1930s87#1,995 (1932)#2,491
1940s70#1,997 (1941)#2,503
1950s73#2,111 (1950)#3,172
1960s28#3,559 (1967)#3,865
1970s6#4,230 (1970)#4,230

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.

Irl in 1891

boys
#635
9 births · 1 in 11,243 boys

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #635Irl9
More about 1891

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 11,243 of them was named Irl, which outranked 43.7% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irl
  1. #597Verner10
  2. #597Vivian10
  3. #597Wright10
  4. #635Irl9
  5. #635Adelbert9
  6. #635Alan9
  7. #635Alberto9
  8. #700Addie8
  9. #700Ansel8
  10. #700Aron8

Tied with 64 names at #635; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 487Colonel#884#397
  2. 470Mahlon#994#524
  3. 457Hezekiah#884#427
  4. 430Ruby#994#564
  5. 397Essie#994#597
Fallers
  1. 574Pierce#389#963
  2. 505Omar#458#963
  3. 452Benton#511#963
  4. 430Ivory#533#963
  5. 430Pleasant#533#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891