How rare is the name Irwin?

6,182 people in the United States have the first name Irwin, about 1 in 48,857. It ranks #3,402 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

IRWIN

#3,402

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,182
About
1 in 48,857
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,182 people named Irwin, 67.2% reported their origin as White, 14.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Irwin peaked in 1925, when 534 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1925
Births that year
534
In 2025*
13 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,958 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Irwin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #589. The largest share of babies named Irwin, 36.5%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#794223
1890s#928258
1900s#969337
1910s#7421,907
1920s#5894,440
1930s#6203,602
1940s#1,0061,851
1950s#1,5661,139
1960s#2,410575
1970s#4,490264
1980s#4,746309
1990s#4,796420
2000s#6,641364
2010s#11,224185
2020s#13,06784
Before 19013.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2735.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4536.5%
Baby boom 1946–6413.4%
Generation X 1965–803.2%
Millennials 1981–963.7%
Generation Z 1997–123.4%
2013 and later1.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Irwin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Irwin has been most common in New York (6.6×), Pennsylvania (1.8×), and Illinois (1.7×), and least common in Texas (0.14×).

11,500 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Irwin

1 other first name also has 6,182 people.

#3,402 Lupita · 6,182

Either side of Irwin

#3,400 Suresh · 6,197#3,401 Elianna · 6,183#3,402 Lupita · 6,182#3,404 Jamaal · 6,180

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Irwin, most common first.

#26,555 Irin · 350

Also a last name

As a last name, Irwin ranks #1,063 of 156,621, with 32,386 people. See Irwin as a last name

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