Irin — boys' name
5 babies named Irin in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Irin was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Irin in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Irin
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Irin between 1971 and 1971, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Irin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Irin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Irin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Irin 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 5 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.
Irin at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Irin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 5 births in a single year.
Irin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1987 (Irin as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Irin accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Irin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Irin's all-time total
Irin decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Irin's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1971–1971 (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.