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Baby name
Irwin
Boy
Origin of the name
Irwin was first an English surname; it is often traced to the Old English Eoforwine, “boar friend.”
Classic name
15,946births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 247rank at its peak, in 1925
Where babies named Irwin are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Irwin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Irwin is most common in New York (6.4 times), Pennsylvania (1.7) and Illinois (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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