Irl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Irl

The Social Security Administration has registered 554 babies named Irl between 1887 and 1970, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Irl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Irl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Irl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Irl in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Irl 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 554 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.