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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Irwin has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #245 (468 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1961
- 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
- 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 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 173,912 of them was named Irwin, which outranked 30.2% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,664Wynette8
- #3,664Zephyr8
- #3,664Zillah8
- #4,028Irwin7
- #4,028Adalene7
- #4,028Adamae7
- #4,028Ader7
- #4,426Adam6
- #4,426Adena6
- #4,426Adene6
Tied with 397 names at #4,028; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 2,117 of them was named Irwin, which outranked 94.9% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.