Irwin is an established boys' name that peaked in 1925 and has since faded.
Irwin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,600 for boy births in the United States (and #13,847 across all names), given to 13 babies. Irwin was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1925 (527 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,600 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,524 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,374 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,617 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,633 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,926 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,867 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,817 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,857 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,649 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,149 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,800 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,367 |
| 2012 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,941 |
| 2011 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,832 |
| 2010 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,037 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,175 |
| 2008 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,448 |
| 2007 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,620 |
| 2006 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,676 |
| 2005 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,343 |
| 2004 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,664 |
| 2003 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,751 |
| 2002 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,391 |
| 2001 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,646 |
| 2000 | 38 | 44 | — | #2,496 |
| 1999 | 36 | 42 | — | #2,490 |
| 1998 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,477 |
| 1997 | 32 | — | — | #2,516 |
| 1996 | 41 | — | — | #2,086 |
| 1995 | 37 | — | — | #2,190 |
| 1994 | 34 | — | — | #2,325 |
| 1993 | 44 | — | — | #1,881 |
| 1992 | 56 | — | — | #1,588 |
| 1991 | 61 | — | — | #1,456 |
| 1990 | 44 | — | — | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 50 | — | — | #1,596 |
| 1988 | 43 | — | — | #1,655 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | — | #2,592 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | — | #2,721 |
| 1985 | 30 | — | — | #1,936 |
| 1984 | 40 | — | — | #1,543 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | — | #2,237 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | — | #2,370 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | — | #1,785 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | — | #1,881 |
| 1979 | 26 | — | — | #2,014 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | — | #2,604 |
| 1977 | 22 | — | — | #2,155 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | — | #1,901 |
| 1975 | 29 | — | — | #1,725 |
| 1974 | 32 | — | — | #1,557 |
| 1973 | 28 | — | — | #1,671 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | — | #2,110 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | — | #1,575 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | — | #1,445 |
| 1969 | 41 | — | — | #1,241 |
| 1968 | 38 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1967 | 34 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 43 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1965 | 57 | — | — | #981 |
| 1964 | 65 | — | — | #949 |
| 1963 | 66 | — | — | #924 |
| 1962 | 56 | — | — | #1,025 |
| 1961 | 88 | — | — | #815 |
| 1960 | 87 | — | — | #820 |
| 1959 | 85 | — | — | #826 |
| 1958 | 81 | — | — | #841 |
| 1957 | 100 | — | — | #752 |
| 1956 | 104 | — | — | #719 |
| 1955 | 107 | — | — | #710 |
| 1954 | 120 | — | — | #663 |
| 1953 | 113 | — | — | #675 |
| 1952 | 139 | — | — | #597 |
| 1951 | 144 | — | — | #580 |
| 1950 | 146 | — | — | #560 |
| 1949 | 138 | — | — | #575 |
| 1948 | 150 | — | — | #544 |
| 1947 | 179 | — | — | #501 |
| 1946 | 175 | — | — | #483 |
| 1945 | 186 | — | — | #438 |
| 1944 | 168 | — | — | #469 |
| 1943 | 187 | — | — | #461 |
| 1942 | 232 | — | — | #398 |
| 1941 | 207 | — | — | #406 |
| 1940 | 229 | — | — | #378 |
| 1939 | 245 | — | — | #358 |
| 1938 | 233 | — | — | #369 |
| 1937 | 289 | — | — | #317 |
| 1936 | 368 | — | — | #280 |
| 1935 | 382 | — | — | #279 |
| 1934 | 364 | — | — | #281 |
| 1933 | 368 | — | — | #275 |
| 1932 | 399 | — | — | #273 |
| 1931 | 468 | — | — | #245 |
| 1930 | 486 | — | — | #254 |
| 1929 | 499 | — | — | #247 |
| 1928 | 508 | — | — | #249 |
| 1927 | 519 | — | — | #248 |
| 1926 | 463 | — | — | #265 |
| 1925 | 534 | — | #4,206 | #247 |
| 1924 | 487 | — | — | #259 |
| 1923 | 406 | — | — | #280 |
| 1922 | 362 | — | — | #299 |
| 1921 | 329 | — | — | #322 |
| 1920 | 333 | — | — | #316 |
| 1919 | 308 | — | — | #316 |
| 1918 | 297 | — | #5,170 | #335 |
| 1917 | 254 | — | — | #352 |
| 1916 | 244 | — | — | #343 |
| 1915 | 261 | — | — | #325 |
| 1914 | 187 | — | — | #341 |
| 1913 | 125 | — | — | #377 |
| 1912 | 126 | — | — | #338 |
| 1911 | 56 | — | — | #375 |
| 1910 | 49 | — | — | #368 |
| 1909 | 53 | — | — | #316 |
| 1908 | 43 | — | — | #347 |
| 1907 | 30 | — | — | #421 |
| 1906 | 38 | — | — | #338 |
| 1905 | 30 | — | — | #386 |
| 1904 | 40 | — | — | #316 |
| 1903 | 24 | — | — | #405 |
| 1902 | 23 | — | — | #431 |
| 1901 | 24 | — | — | #387 |
| 1900 | 32 | — | — | #395 |
| 1899 | 26 | — | — | #357 |
| 1898 | 38 | — | — | #312 |
| 1897 | 33 | — | — | #324 |
| 1896 | 27 | — | — | #374 |
| 1895 | 39 | — | — | #285 |
| 1894 | 21 | — | — | #414 |
| 1893 | 20 | — | — | #411 |
| 1892 | 23 | — | — | #400 |
| 1891 | 14 | — | — | #487 |
| 1890 | 17 | — | — | #448 |
| 1889 | 22 | — | — | #384 |
| 1888 | 18 | — | — | #454 |
| 1887 | 21 | — | — | #362 |
| 1886 | 18 | — | — | #422 |
| 1885 | 12 | — | — | #563 |
| 1884 | 34 | — | — | #297 |
| 1883 | 28 | — | — | #314 |
| 1882 | 20 | — | — | #405 |
| 1881 | 28 | — | — | #308 |
| 1880 | 22 | — | — | #366 |