Irbin — boys' name
116 babies named Irbin in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Irbin was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Irbin in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Irbin
The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Irbin between 1991 and 2010, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Irbin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Irbin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Irbin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Irbin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Irbin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 116 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Irbin at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Irbin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
116 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 17 births in a single year.
Irbin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 62 births that decade — 53% of Irbin's all-time total
Irbin decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Irbin's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Irbin by state
Where Irbin concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 14.7% |
17 of 116 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.