Irl

Boy · recorded 1887–1970

  • 1970last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 1970. 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 1887

05210418871908192919491970

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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 57 recorded years as a table
Irl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188799
188858
188999
189081
189189
189290
1894104
189568
189642
189849
191221
191518
19169
191717
191810
191912
192015
192117
192215
192314
192411
192511
192611
192712
19288
19297
193010
19319
193213
19337
193412
19368
19378
19387
19398
19404
194111
19427
19466
19475
19487
19497
19507
19513
19537
19546
19552
19563
19572
19583
19592
19623
19632
19673
19683
19693
19703

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Irl 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 1970
6
Rank in 1970
#4,230
How rare
1 in 309,704 boys
Since 1887
554

Irl was last recorded in 1970. 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 1894, at 104 per million boys born.

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

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