Meaning not yet researched.
Irwin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 13 in 2025. Its best rank was #245 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #245 in 1931; #6,600 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Irwin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,600 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1931, at #245.
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Irwin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 13 boys in 2025. Peak: #245 in 1931 · most boys in one year: 527 (1925).
In 2025, 13 US boys were named Irwin, making it the 6,600th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,076 places from #5,524 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 17 boys named Irwin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #245, reached in 1931. The most boys given the name in a single year was 527, in 1925. For comparison, it was #5,149 in 2015 and #560 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Irwin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 22 babies with the name. In all, 15,958 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,440 babies named Irwin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 152 US boys were named Irwin; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 20. In 2025 that was about 1 in 131,390 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Irving (44,449 babies since 1880), Irvin (39,997 babies since 1880) and Erwin (21,262 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Erwin.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 13 | #6,600 |
| 2024 | — | — | 17 | #5,524 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #11,374 |
| 2022 | — | — | 13 | #6,617 |
| 2021 | — | — | 16 | #5,633 |
| 2020 | — | — | 19 | #4,926 |
| 2019 | — | — | 20 | #4,867 |
| 2018 | — | — | 20 | #4,817 |
| 2017 | — | — | 12 | #6,857 |
| 2016 | — | — | 16 | #5,649 |
| 2015 | — | — | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2014 | — | — | 12 | #6,800 |
| 2013 | — | — | 9 | #8,367 |
| 2012 | — | — | 26 | #3,941 |
| 2011 | — | — | 27 | #3,832 |
| 2010 | — | — | 25 | #4,037 |
| 2009 | — | — | 18 | #5,175 |
| 2008 | — | — | 32 | #3,448 |
| 2007 | — | — | 47 | #2,620 |
| 2006 | — | — | 44 | #2,676 |
| 2005 | — | — | 30 | #3,343 |
| 2004 | — | — | 40 | #2,664 |
| 2003 | — | — | 36 | #2,751 |
| 2002 | — | — | 43 | #2,391 |
| 2001 | — | — | 36 | #2,646 |
| 2000 | — | — | 38 | #2,496 |
| 1999 | — | — | 36 | #2,490 |
| 1998 | — | — | 35 | #2,477 |
| 1997 | — | — | 32 | #2,516 |
| 1996 | — | — | 41 | #2,086 |
| 1995 | — | — | 37 | #2,190 |
| 1994 | — | — | 34 | #2,325 |
| 1993 | — | — | 44 | #1,881 |
| 1992 | — | — | 56 | #1,588 |
| 1991 | — | — | 61 | #1,456 |
| 1990 | — | — | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | — | — | 50 | #1,596 |
| 1988 | — | — | 43 | #1,655 |
| 1987 | — | — | 21 | #2,592 |
| 1986 | — | — | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1985 | — | — | 30 | #1,936 |
| 1984 | — | — | 40 | #1,543 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,237 |
| 1982 | — | — | 21 | #2,370 |
| 1981 | — | — | 32 | #1,785 |
| 1980 | — | — | 30 | #1,881 |
| 1979 | — | — | 26 | #2,014 |
| 1978 | — | — | 17 | #2,604 |
| 1977 | — | — | 22 | #2,155 |
| 1976 | — | — | 26 | #1,901 |
| 1975 | — | — | 29 | #1,725 |
| 1974 | — | — | 32 | #1,557 |
| 1973 | — | — | 28 | #1,671 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,110 |
| 1971 | — | — | 31 | #1,575 |
| 1970 | — | — | 34 | #1,445 |
| 1969 | — | — | 41 | #1,241 |
| 1968 | — | — | 38 | #1,238 |
| 1967 | — | — | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | — | — | 43 | #1,142 |
| 1965 | — | — | 57 | #981 |
| 1964 | — | — | 65 | #949 |
| 1963 | — | — | 66 | #924 |
| 1962 | — | — | 56 | #1,025 |
| 1961 | — | — | 88 | #815 |
| 1960 | — | — | 87 | #820 |
| 1959 | — | — | 85 | #826 |
| 1958 | — | — | 81 | #841 |
| 1957 | — | — | 100 | #752 |
| 1956 | — | — | 104 | #719 |
| 1955 | — | — | 107 | #710 |
| 1954 | — | — | 120 | #663 |
| 1953 | — | — | 113 | #675 |
| 1952 | — | — | 139 | #597 |
| 1951 | — | — | 144 | #580 |
| 1950 | — | — | 146 | #560 |
| 1949 | — | — | 138 | #575 |
| 1948 | — | — | 150 | #544 |
| 1947 | — | — | 179 | #501 |
| 1946 | — | — | 175 | #483 |
| 1945 | — | — | 186 | #438 |
| 1944 | — | — | 168 | #469 |
| 1943 | — | — | 187 | #461 |
| 1942 | — | — | 232 | #398 |
| 1941 | — | — | 207 | #406 |
| 1940 | — | — | 229 | #378 |
| 1939 | — | — | 245 | #358 |
| 1938 | — | — | 233 | #369 |
| 1937 | — | — | 289 | #317 |
| 1936 | — | — | 368 | #280 |
| 1935 | — | — | 382 | #279 |
| 1934 | — | — | 364 | #281 |
| 1933 | — | — | 368 | #275 |
| 1932 | — | — | 399 | #273 |
| 1931 | — | — | 468 | #245 |
| 1930 | — | — | 486 | #254 |
| 1929 | — | — | 499 | #247 |
| 1928 | — | — | 508 | #249 |
| 1927 | — | — | 519 | #248 |
| 1926 | — | — | 463 | #265 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,206 | 527 | #247 |
| 1924 | — | — | 487 | #259 |
| 1923 | — | — | 406 | #280 |
| 1922 | — | — | 362 | #299 |
| 1921 | — | — | 329 | #322 |
| 1920 | — | — | 333 | #316 |
| 1919 | — | — | 308 | #316 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,170 | 292 | #335 |
| 1917 | — | — | 254 | #352 |
| 1916 | — | — | 244 | #343 |
| 1915 | — | — | 261 | #325 |
| 1914 | — | — | 187 | #341 |
| 1913 | — | — | 125 | #377 |
| 1912 | — | — | 126 | #338 |
| 1911 | — | — | 56 | #375 |
| 1910 | — | — | 49 | #368 |
| 1909 | — | — | 53 | #316 |
| 1908 | — | — | 43 | #347 |
| 1907 | — | — | 30 | #421 |
| 1906 | — | — | 38 | #338 |
| 1905 | — | — | 30 | #386 |
| 1904 | — | — | 40 | #316 |
| 1903 | — | — | 24 | #405 |
| 1902 | — | — | 23 | #431 |
| 1901 | — | — | 24 | #387 |
| 1900 | — | — | 32 | #395 |
| 1899 | — | — | 26 | #357 |
| 1898 | — | — | 38 | #312 |
| 1897 | — | — | 33 | #324 |
| 1896 | — | — | 27 | #374 |
| 1895 | — | — | 39 | #285 |
| 1894 | — | — | 21 | #414 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #411 |
| 1892 | — | — | 23 | #400 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #487 |
| 1890 | — | — | 17 | #448 |
| 1889 | — | — | 22 | #384 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #454 |
| 1887 | — | — | 21 | #362 |
| 1886 | — | — | 18 | #422 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #563 |
| 1884 | — | — | 34 | #297 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #314 |
| 1882 | — | — | 20 | #405 |
| 1881 | — | — | 28 | #308 |
| 1880 | — | — | 22 | #366 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).