Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Irl

#6,855 most common boys' name of all time · #17,225 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1887–1970

Rank among boys
#6,855
Rank overall
#17,225 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
554
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,858
Best rank
#627 1889
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
1900192019401960

Irl first appears in 1887. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1970 — 6 6 #4,293
1969 — 5 5 #4,477
1968 — 6 6 #3,751
1967 — 6 6 #3,626
1963 — 5 5 #4,123
1962 — 6 6 #3,691
1959 — 5 5 #4,076
1958 — 7 7 #3,333
1957 — 5 5 #4,072
1956 — 6 6 #3,592
1955 — 5 5 #3,966
1954 — 13 13 #2,237
1953 — 13 13 #2,210
1951 — 6 6 #3,430
1950 — 13 13 #2,144
1949 — 12 12 #2,257
1948 — 13 13 #2,147
1947 — 9 9 #2,724
1946 — 9 9 #2,576
1942 — 9 9 #2,573
1941 — 13 13 #2,027
1940 — 5 5 #3,530
1939 — 9 9 #2,485
1938 — 8 8 #2,699
1937 — 9 9 #2,529
1936 — 8 8 #2,679
1934 — 12 12 #2,167
1933 — 7 7 #3,051
1932 — 14 14 #2,031
1931 — 9 9 #2,707
1930 — 11 11 #2,494
1929 — 7 7 #3,293
1928 — 9 9 #2,897
1927 — 14 14 #2,229
1926 — 12 12 #2,467
1925 — 12 12 #2,471
1924 — 12 12 #2,515
1923 — 15 15 #2,159
1922 — 16 16 #2,079
1921 — 19 19 #1,858
1920 — 16 16 #2,085
1919 — 12 12 #2,419
1918 — 10 10 #2,737
1917 — 16 16 #1,933
1916 — 8 8 #2,976
1915 — 15 15 #1,917
1912 — 9 9 #1,799
1898 — 6 6 #1,094
1896 — 5 5 #1,227
1895 — 8 8 #863
1894 — 12 12 #629
1892 — 11 11 #686
1891 — 9 9 #698
1890 — 9 9 #737
1889 — 11 11 #627
1888 — 7 7 #908
1887 — 10 10 #630