Irl
Irl was last recorded in 1970, when 6 babies were given it; 554 Americans have been recorded with it between 1887 and 1970 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Irl by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Irl?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #4,457, in 1970; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
19 babies in 1921, the peak
Irl peaked in 1921, when 19 boys were given it, #1,864 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6 | #4,457 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,661 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,895 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,728 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,302 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,814 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,254 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,400 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,239 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,707 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (57)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 | #4,105 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,252 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,230 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,533 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,148 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,275 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,162 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,762 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,611 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,606 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,042 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,685 | under 0.01 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,530 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,751 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,578 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,738 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,181 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,137 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,046 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,758 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,517 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,383 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,942 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,236 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,485 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,501 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,546 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,172 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,094 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,086 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,428 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,777 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,938 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,047 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,921 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,813 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,064 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 8 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 12 | #608 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 11 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 9 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 9 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 11 | #605 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 7 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 10 | #610 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Irl a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Irl has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 57 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Irl: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Irl, and how old are they?
An estimated 118 Americans named Irl and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 67 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 215 people named Irl (7 women and girls, 208 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 154 born in the U.S. The Census count is 40% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Irl and names like it
- The most given names of the 1920sIrl peaked in 1921.
- Kansas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Irl since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Irl.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Irl alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with IMost given first.