Irwin
Irwin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 245th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1925527 births
- Best rank
- #245in 1931
- Since 1880
- 15,934people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,934 boys have been named Irwin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1925, with 527 births.
The name has all but left use: 17 births in 2024, against 527 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 28%. It has spent 85 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Irwin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 223 | |
| 1890s | 258 | |
| 1900s | 337 | |
| 1910s | 1,902 | |
| 1920s | 4,433 | |
| 1930s | 3,602 | |
| 1940s | 1,851 | |
| 1950s | 1,139 | |
| 1960s | 576 | |
| 1970s | 264 | |
| 1980s | 309 | |
| 1990s | 420 | |
| 2000s | 364 | |
| 2010s | 185 | |
| 2020s | 71 |
In 1925, its biggest year
Irwin was the 247th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1925 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1925.
Names that rose and fell with Irwin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rollandpeak 1928
- Burtonpeak 1925
- Wilburnpeak 1926
- Eugenepeak 1927
- Wallacepeak 1923
- Rudolphpeak 1927
- Bertrandpeak 1924
- Merrillpeak 1926
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.