Irwin
Last seen for girls in 1925 at #4,028 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 468 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,946since 1880
Irwin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Irwin has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,806 | 20 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,792 | 27 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,421 | 32 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,602 | 47 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,659 | 44 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,643 | 40 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,372 | 43 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,462 | 36 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,502 | 32 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,073 | 41 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,178 | 37 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,307 | 34 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,875 | 44 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,572 | 56 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,452 | 61 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,780 | 44 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,590 | 50 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,645 | 43 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,916 | 30 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,531 | 40 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,208 | 23 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,991 | 26 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,131 | 22 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,704 | 29 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,546 | 32 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,653 | 28 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,231 | 41 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | — | #976 | 57 | |
| 1964 | — | #945 | 65 | |
| 1963 | — | #921 | 66 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,024 | 56 | |
| 1961 | — | #813 | 88 | |
| 1960 | — | #818 | 87 | |
| 1959 | — | #825 | 85 | |
| 1958 | — | #835 | 81 | |
| 1957 | — | #750 | 100 | |
| 1956 | — | #718 | 104 | |
| 1955 | — | #708 | 107 | |
| 1954 | — | #663 | 120 | |
| 1953 | — | #669 | 113 | |
| 1952 | — | #594 | 139 | |
| 1951 | — | #577 | 144 | |
| 1950 | — | #560 | 146 | |
| 1949 | — | #574 | 138 | |
| 1948 | — | #543 | 150 | |
| 1947 | — | #501 | 179 | |
| 1946 | — | #483 | 175 | |
| 1945 | — | #438 | 186 | |
| 1944 | — | #469 | 168 | |
| 1943 | — | #460 | 187 | |
| 1942 | — | #398 | 232 | |
| 1941 | — | #406 | 207 | |
| 1940 | — | #378 | 229 | |
| 1939 | — | #358 | 245 | |
| 1938 | — | #368 | 233 | |
| 1937 | — | #317 | 289 | |
| 1936 | — | #280 | 368 | |
| 1935 | — | #279 | 382 | |
| 1934 | — | #281 | 364 | |
| 1933 | — | #275 | 368 | |
| 1932 | — | #273 | 399 | |
| 1931 | — | #245 | 468 | |
| 1930 | — | #254 | 486 | |
| 1929 | — | #247 | 499 | |
| 1928 | — | #249 | 508 | |
| 1927 | — | #248 | 519 | |
| 1926 | — | #264 | 463 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #247 | 527 |
| 1924 | — | #258 | 487 | |
| 1923 | — | #280 | 406 | |
| 1922 | — | #299 | 362 | |
| 1921 | — | #322 | 329 | |
| 1920 | — | #316 | 333 | |
| 1919 | — | #316 | 308 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #335 | 292 |
| 1917 | — | #352 | 254 | |
| 1916 | — | #341 | 244 | |
| 1915 | — | #325 | 261 | |
| 1914 | — | #339 | 187 | |
| 1913 | — | #377 | 125 | |
| 1912 | — | #338 | 126 | |
| 1911 | — | #372 | 56 | |
| 1910 | — | #365 | 49 | |
| 1909 | — | #315 | 53 | |
| 1908 | — | #346 | 43 | |
| 1907 | — | #417 | 30 | |
| 1906 | — | #335 | 38 | |
| 1905 | — | #384 | 30 | |
| 1904 | — | #312 | 40 | |
| 1903 | — | #401 | 24 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #383 | 24 | |
| 1900 | — | #393 | 32 | |
| 1899 | — | #355 | 26 | |
| 1898 | — | #307 | 38 | |
| 1897 | — | #321 | 33 | |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #282 | 39 | |
| 1894 | — | #412 | 21 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #394 | 23 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #356 | 21 | |
| 1886 | — | #417 | 18 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #296 | 34 | |
| 1883 | — | #309 | 28 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #307 | 28 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Irwin was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Irwin
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,003 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #6,446)
- 1,591 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #6,446)
- 1,388 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 130 spots in 1886 (#547 → #417)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1885 (#296 → #547)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #245 (468 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,117
- Highest: 1 in 2,117 boys born in 1925 were named Irwin (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #245 in 1931, was only 1 in 2,222 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.8% of all boys named Irwin (4,433) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 223 | #296 (1884) | #382 |
| 1890s | 258 | #282 (1895) | #375 |
| 1900s | 337 | #312 (1904) | #371 |
| 1910s | 1,902 | #316 (1919) | #346 |
| 1920s | 4,433 | #247 (1925) | #273 |
| 1930s | 3,602 | #245 (1931) | #293 |
| 1940s | 1,851 | #378 (1940) | #465 |
| 1950s | 1,139 | #560 (1950) | #690 |
| 1960s | 575 | #813 (1961) | #1,038 |
| 1970s | 264 | #1,435 (1970) | #1,854 |
| 1980s | 309 | #1,531 (1984) | #2,009 |
| 1990s | 420 | #1,452 (1991) | #2,065 |
| 2000s | 364 | #2,372 (2002) | #2,994 |
| 2010s | 185 | #3,792 (2011) | #5,327 |
| 2020s | 84 | #4,855 (2020) | #6,601 |
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.
Irwin in 1916
boys
#341
244 births · 1 in 3,648 boys
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 3,648 of them was named Irwin, which outranked 92.5% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).