Meaning not yet researched.
Ira: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 301 in 2025. Its best rank was #57 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #57 in 1881; #822 in 2025. About 58% of babies named Ira in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#822 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #57.
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Ira: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 301 boys in 2025. Peak: #57 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 884 (1947).
In 2025, 301 US boys were named Ira, making it the 822nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 150 places from #972 in 2024. That is 68 more than the 233 boys named Ira in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #57, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 884, in 1947. For comparison, it was #1,021 in 2015 and #231 in 1950.
In 2025, 222 US girls were named Ira, making it the 1,086th most common girls’ name of the year, up 352 places from #1,438 in 2024. That is 68 more than the 154 girls named Ira in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #426, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 222, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,031 in 2015 and #1,216 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ira in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 265 babies with the name. In all, 62,535 US babies have been given the name, 11% of them girls and 89% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 8,811 babies named Ira.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,578 US boys were named Ira; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 301. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,675 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ira ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #89 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Irene (356,812 babies since 1880), Era (6,009 babies since 1880), Ara (4,866 babies since 1880) and Eira (878 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eura, Iara and Irja are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Latvian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Eura (1,537), Iara (219), Irja (156), Irah (146), Iyra (90), Eara (83), Eera (66), Eyra (43), Iraa (41), Eray (24), Iraya (16), Erah (10), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ira in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 6 | #89 | — |
| Nebraska | 6 | #397 | — |
| Minnesota | 13 | #433 | #601 |
| Utah | 10 | #450 | #431 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #455 | — |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #483 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #557 | — |
| Ohio | 18 | #565 | #943 |
| Arizona | 12 | #574 | #941 |
| Missouri | 10 | #575 | #776 |
| Indiana | 10 | #644 | — |
| Washington | 9 | #706 | #727 |
| Colorado | 7 | #710 | #733 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #750 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #791 | — |
| Michigan | 9 | #795 | #1,145 |
| Alabama | 5 | #804 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #829 | — |
| Maryland | 5 | #850 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | #895 | #1,191 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #951 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #973 | — |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,029 | #1,280 |
| California | 20 | #1,054 | #922 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,073 | — |
| Texas | 19 | #1,147 | #1,221 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,152 | #831 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,222 | #997 |
| New York | 9 | #1,242 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | #1,086 | 301 | #822 |
| 2024 | 154 | #1,438 | 233 | #972 |
| 2023 | 161 | #1,399 | 266 | #880 |
| 2022 | 196 | #1,231 | 288 | #846 |
| 2021 | 168 | #1,331 | 301 | #810 |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,435 | 289 | #803 |
| 2019 | 157 | #1,426 | 252 | #873 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,491 | 216 | #961 |
| 2017 | 128 | #1,679 | 214 | #968 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,708 | 218 | #952 |
| 2015 | 97 | #2,031 | 199 | #1,021 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,930 | 160 | #1,170 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,353 | 156 | #1,156 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,880 | 150 | #1,197 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,471 | 110 | #1,478 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,990 | 131 | #1,313 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,608 | 127 | #1,355 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,884 | 98 | #1,604 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,520 | 111 | #1,451 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,976 | 102 | #1,494 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,705 | 94 | #1,519 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,907 | 107 | #1,360 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,177 | 105 | #1,320 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,547 | 137 | #1,087 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,652 | 88 | #1,419 |
| 2000 | — | — | 101 | #1,284 |
| 1999 | — | — | 99 | #1,255 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,472 | 96 | #1,265 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,160 | 108 | #1,145 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,781 | 123 | #1,013 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,037 | 112 | #1,064 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,110 | 109 | #1,073 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,191 | 109 | #1,065 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,816 | 129 | #946 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,600 | 148 | #865 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,250 | 151 | #838 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,687 | 158 | #791 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,707 | 148 | #775 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,338 | 176 | #685 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,421 | 197 | #638 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,168 | 161 | #693 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,047 | 211 | #583 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,579 | 233 | #549 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,288 | 256 | #533 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,206 | 276 | #507 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,394 | 282 | #506 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,699 | 282 | #494 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,334 | 307 | #454 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,746 | 306 | #459 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,993 | 264 | #490 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,008 | 322 | #443 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,351 | 276 | #479 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,371 | 317 | #439 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,210 | 347 | #425 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,825 | 337 | #448 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,147 | 349 | #437 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,314 | 411 | #388 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,815 | 334 | #419 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,812 | 374 | #392 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,425 | 399 | #378 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,428 | 408 | #385 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,789 | 419 | #387 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,993 | 415 | #390 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,868 | 501 | #351 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,649 | 552 | #333 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,995 | 599 | #318 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,805 | 597 | #319 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,710 | 604 | #307 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,414 | 638 | #300 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,441 | 703 | #280 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,413 | 680 | #274 |
| 1954 | 57 | #1,325 | 708 | #265 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,417 | 728 | #256 |
| 1952 | 82 | #1,043 | 760 | #246 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,123 | 811 | #234 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,216 | 797 | #231 |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,128 | 790 | #229 |
| 1948 | 69 | #1,062 | 823 | #226 |
| 1947 | 84 | #970 | 884 | #216 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,091 | 780 | #218 |
| 1945 | 68 | #921 | 658 | #212 |
| 1944 | 72 | #900 | 614 | #224 |
| 1943 | 66 | #980 | 618 | #232 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,077 | 760 | #204 |
| 1941 | 51 | #1,022 | 604 | #218 |
| 1940 | 68 | #864 | 625 | #205 |
| 1939 | 52 | #984 | 526 | #226 |
| 1938 | 58 | #937 | 554 | #218 |
| 1937 | 61 | #885 | 576 | #208 |
| 1936 | 66 | #830 | 501 | #227 |
| 1935 | 70 | #816 | 550 | #216 |
| 1934 | 55 | #929 | 570 | #212 |
| 1933 | 83 | #714 | 579 | #202 |
| 1932 | 68 | #838 | 661 | #194 |
| 1931 | 64 | #865 | 619 | #207 |
| 1930 | 80 | #788 | 702 | #199 |
| 1929 | 74 | #824 | 654 | #201 |
| 1928 | 100 | #706 | 728 | #193 |
| 1927 | 97 | #730 | 792 | #182 |
| 1926 | 80 | #819 | 785 | #181 |
| 1925 | 93 | #769 | 788 | #183 |
| 1924 | 100 | #737 | 834 | #173 |
| 1923 | 99 | #731 | 831 | #171 |
| 1922 | 88 | #776 | 792 | #176 |
| 1921 | 88 | #781 | 878 | #166 |
| 1920 | 81 | #809 | 829 | #170 |
| 1919 | 80 | #789 | 817 | #164 |
| 1918 | 73 | #846 | 862 | #163 |
| 1917 | 84 | #758 | 857 | #151 |
| 1916 | 74 | #793 | 820 | #149 |
| 1915 | 75 | #764 | 812 | #146 |
| 1914 | 60 | #743 | 605 | #152 |
| 1913 | 63 | #655 | 479 | #152 |
| 1912 | 50 | #716 | 394 | #152 |
| 1911 | 48 | #620 | 236 | #141 |
| 1910 | 45 | #633 | 233 | #138 |
| 1909 | 37 | #653 | 175 | #147 |
| 1908 | 36 | #642 | 196 | #130 |
| 1907 | 28 | #719 | 196 | #123 |
| 1906 | 37 | #581 | 151 | #137 |
| 1905 | 43 | #520 | 169 | #128 |
| 1904 | 28 | #660 | 144 | #140 |
| 1903 | 34 | #562 | 167 | #119 |
| 1902 | 37 | #530 | 156 | #124 |
| 1901 | 29 | #583 | 142 | #118 |
| 1900 | 50 | #480 | 218 | #107 |
| 1899 | 31 | #542 | 138 | #120 |
| 1898 | 27 | #628 | 195 | #98 |
| 1897 | 35 | #493 | 180 | #99 |
| 1896 | 31 | #540 | 190 | #101 |
| 1895 | 23 | #649 | 207 | #95 |
| 1894 | 15 | #800 | 206 | #93 |
| 1893 | 26 | #556 | 181 | #98 |
| 1892 | 27 | #531 | 231 | #88 |
| 1891 | 23 | #551 | 179 | #91 |
| 1890 | 17 | #653 | 209 | #82 |
| 1889 | 24 | #521 | 207 | #85 |
| 1888 | 23 | #528 | 222 | #84 |
| 1887 | 22 | #480 | 215 | #77 |
| 1886 | 22 | #469 | 198 | #85 |
| 1885 | 14 | #590 | 235 | #75 |
| 1884 | 17 | #511 | 284 | #66 |
| 1883 | 18 | #455 | 239 | #67 |
| 1882 | 8 | #708 | 244 | #71 |
| 1881 | 8 | #648 | 286 | #57 |
| 1880 | 16 | #426 | 249 | #66 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).