Irby

Boy · recorded 1896–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

0255018961920194419671991

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 71 recorded years as a table
Irby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189650
190638
190845
190949
191026
191233
191335
191426
191526
191637
191728
191837
191921
192024
192122
192228
192316
192426
192522
192633
192716
192827
192920
193024
193126
193222
193321
193414
193521
193614
193723
193814
193924
194017
194110
194214
19438
194410
194511
19466
19477
194813
19499
19507
19519
19528
19538
19547
19559
19568
19575
19586
19594
19607
19613
19624
19632
19644
19653
19663
19673
19684
19694
19703
19724
19734
19744
19753
19775
19833
19912

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Irby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
5
Rank in 1991
#8,236
How rare
1 in 404,065 boys
Since 1896
1,104

Irby was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1896, at 50 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Irby doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.