Irwin
Irwin was given to 13 boys in 2025, #6,596 among boys’ names; 15,958 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,960 Americans named Irwin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 36 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Irwin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Irwin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Irwin is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “boar” (eofor) and “friend” (wine).
From a medieval given name Erwin, from Eoforwine, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + wine (“friend”), the latter of which is from Proto-West Germanic *wini.
/ˈɝwɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Irwin?
#6,596 among boys’ names, 2025
Irwin fell from #5,146 in 2015 to #6,596 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 9.4 to 7.6 per million.
534 babies in 1925, the peak
Irwin peaked in 1925, when 534 babies were given it (527 boys, #247 among boys’ names). The 13 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,596 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,520 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,369 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,612 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,628 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,922 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,863 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,813 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,853 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,645 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #5,146 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,795 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,362 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,938 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,830 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 25 | #4,036 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,173 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,445 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,620 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,675 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,339 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,660 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,747 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,387 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,641 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,491 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,486 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,474 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,512 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,081 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,185 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,320 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,583 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 61 | #1,450 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,787 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,591 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,588 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,718 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,935 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,542 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,236 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,369 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,881 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 26 | #2,014 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,603 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,155 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,900 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,557 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,671 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,110 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,444 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,241 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,238 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,298 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,142 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 57 | #981 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 65 | #949 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 66 | #923 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 56 | #1,024 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 88 | #814 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 87 | #819 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 85 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 81 | #840 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 100 | #751 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 104 | #718 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 107 | #709 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 120 | #662 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 113 | #674 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 139 | #596 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 144 | #579 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 146 | #559 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 138 | #574 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 150 | #543 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 179 | #501 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 175 | #483 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 186 | #438 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 168 | #469 | 0.12 |
| 1943 | 187 | #461 | 0.13 |
| 1942 | 232 | #398 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 207 | #406 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 229 | #378 | 0.20 |
| 1939 | 245 | #358 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 233 | #369 | 0.21 |
| 1937 | 289 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1936 | 368 | #280 | 0.35 |
| 1935 | 382 | #279 | 0.37 |
| 1934 | 364 | #281 | 0.35 |
| 1933 | 368 | #275 | 0.37 |
| 1932 | 399 | #273 | 0.38 |
| 1931 | 468 | #245 | 0.45 |
| 1930 | 486 | #254 | 0.44 |
| 1929 | 499 | #247 | 0.46 |
| 1928 | 508 | #249 | 0.46 |
| 1927 | 519 | #248 | 0.46 |
| 1926 | 463 | #265 | 0.42 |
| 1925 | 527 | #247 | 0.47 |
| 1924 | 487 | #259 | 0.43 |
| 1923 | 406 | #280 | 0.37 |
| 1922 | 362 | #299 | 0.33 |
| 1921 | 329 | #322 | 0.30 |
| 1920 | 333 | #316 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 308 | #316 | 0.31 |
| 1918 | 292 | #335 | 0.29 |
| 1917 | 254 | #352 | 0.27 |
| 1916 | 244 | #343 | 0.27 |
| 1915 | 261 | #325 | 0.31 |
| 1914 | 187 | #341 | 0.29 |
| 1913 | 125 | #377 | 0.24 |
| 1912 | 126 | #338 | 0.29 |
| 1911 | 56 | #375 | 0.25 |
| 1910 | 49 | #368 | 0.25 |
| 1909 | 53 | #316 | 0.32 |
| 1908 | 43 | #347 | 0.28 |
| 1907 | 30 | #421 | 0.20 |
| 1906 | 38 | #338 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 30 | #386 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 40 | #316 | 0.31 |
| 1903 | 24 | #405 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 23 | #431 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 24 | #387 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 32 | #395 | 0.21 |
| 1899 | 26 | #357 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 38 | #312 | 0.31 |
| 1897 | 33 | #324 | 0.29 |
| 1896 | 27 | #374 | 0.23 |
| 1895 | 39 | #285 | 0.33 |
| 1894 | 21 | #414 | 0.18 |
| 1893 | 20 | #411 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 23 | #400 | 0.19 |
| 1891 | 14 | #487 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 17 | #448 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 22 | #384 | 0.20 |
| 1888 | 18 | #454 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 21 | #362 | 0.21 |
| 1886 | 18 | #422 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 12 | #563 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 34 | #297 | 0.30 |
| 1883 | 28 | #314 | 0.27 |
| 1882 | 20 | #405 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 28 | #308 | 0.28 |
| 1880 | 22 | #366 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Irwin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Irwin has been given almost only to boys: 12 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Irwin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Irwin, and how old are they?
3,960 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 25% of the 15,958 Americans ever recorded as Irwin. The median Irwin alive today is 66 years old; half are between 36 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 6,182 people named Irwin (24 women and girls, 6,158 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,073 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 857 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,350 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 443 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 567 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 536 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 190 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Irwin born?
The states with the most babies named Irwin are New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 70% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 5,935 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,110 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 993 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 762 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 539 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 379 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 363 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 315 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 161 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 148 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Irwin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Irwin is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Irwin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Irwin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Irwin and names like it
- Compare Irwin and RollandBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sIrwin peaked in 1925.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Irwin since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Irwin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1925The year the most babies were named Irwin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Irwin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with IMost given first.