How Many People Are Named Irwin?
people named Irwin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 83,504 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,958 babies named Irwin in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
534 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name EOFORWINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Irwin in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Irwin alive today is about 58 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 35 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Irwin first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1925, to 534 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Irwin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #245, in 1931. In 2025 it ranked #6,596.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,596 |
| Best rank | #245 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #272 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Irwin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Irwin were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,093 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Irwin was given 5.7 times as often in New York, 1.7 times in New Jersey and 1.6 times in Illinois.
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