Irl Popularity by Year
Follow Irl across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Irl birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Up 174 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 5 | #4,404 | Down 731 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Down 114 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Up 489 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 5 | #4,048 | Down 408 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Up 348 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 5 | #3,988 | Down 713 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 7 | #3,275 | Up 718 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 5 | #3,993 | Down 458 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Up 351 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 5 | #3,886 | Down 1,679 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 13 | #2,207 | Down 21 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 13 | #2,186 | Up 1,178 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 6 | #3,364 | Down 1,253 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 13 | #2,111 | Up 114 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 12 | #2,225 | Down 110 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 13 | #2,115 | Up 556 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 9 | #2,671 | Down 137 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 9 | #2,534 | Down 11 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 9 | #2,523 | Down 526 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 13 | #1,997 | Up 1,462 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 5 | #3,459 | Down 1,010 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 9 | #2,449 | Up 197 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 8 | #2,646 | Down 167 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Up 150 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 8 | #2,629 | Down 508 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 12 | #2,121 | Up 883 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 7 | #3,004 | Down 1,009 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 14 | #1,995 | Up 656 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 9 | #2,651 | Down 207 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 11 | #2,444 | Up 803 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 7 | #3,247 | Down 404 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 9 | #2,843 | Down 650 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 14 | #2,193 | Up 243 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 12 | #2,436 | Down 1 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 12 | #2,435 | Up 38 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 12 | #2,473 | Down 350 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 15 | #2,123 | Down 83 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 16 | #2,040 | Down 211 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 19 | #1,829 | Up 223 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 16 | #2,052 | Up 333 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 12 | #2,385 | Up 314 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 10 | #2,699 | Down 799 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 16 | #1,900 | Up 1,026 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 8 | #2,926 | Down 1,048 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 15 | #1,878 | Down 132 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 9 | #1,746 | Down 744 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 6 | #1,002 | Up 99 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 5 | #1,101 | Down 306 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 8 | #795 | Down 201 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 12 | #594 | Up 47 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 11 | #641 | Down 6 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 9 | #635 | Up 32 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 9 | #667 | Down 86 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 11 | #581 | Up 234 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 7 | #815 | Down 232 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 10 | #583 | — |