NameTides

Ira

Ira was the #819 boys' name in the US in 2025 (301 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Ira as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ira as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ira as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#819 (301)#1,466 (18)#1,251 (19)
2024#969 (233)#2,264 (10)#871 (29)
2023#880 (266)#1,272 (21)#911 (26)
2022#846 (288)#1,104 (25)#917 (26)
2021#809 (301)#1,184 (23)#753 (35)
2020#802 (289)#1,150 (23)#847 (28)
2019#873 (252)#1,253 (20)#840 (28)
2018#958 (216)#1,533 (16)#885 (26)
2017#968 (214)#1,210 (22)#845 (28)
2016#952 (218)#1,498 (17)#971 (23)
2015#1,019 (199)#3,004 (6)#923 (24)
2014#1,170 (160)#1,935 (11)#1,062 (19)
2013#1,155 (156)#1,796 (12)#1,210 (16)
2012#1,195 (150)#3,039 (6)#1,257 (15)
2011#1,476 (110)#4,647 (3)#1,467 (12)

Ira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Ira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,085 (222)#894 (39)#780 (3)#544 (6)#474 (65)
2024#1,436 (154)#1,065 (32)——#822 (35)
2023#1,391 (161)#1,206 (27)——#606 (47)
2022#1,227 (196)#1,452 (21)—#905 (3)#554 (51)
2021#1,331 (168)#1,224 (27)—#883 (3)#766 (38)
2020#1,432 (152)#1,556 (19)——#745 (38)
2019#1,423 (157)#2,458 (10)——#1,032 (25)
2018#1,488 (147)#2,090 (13)——#1,567 (14)
2017#1,677 (128)#2,090 (13)——#1,090 (23)
2016#1,704 (125)#3,214 (7)——#1,230 (20)
2015#2,025 (97)#2,195 (12)——#1,267 (19)
2014#1,922 (104)#1,367 (23)——#1,395 (17)
2013#2,344 (78)#2,460 (10)——#1,792 (12)
2012#2,866 (60)#2,215 (12)——#2,013 (10)
2011#3,452 (46)#2,893 (8)——#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #57.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 42% of US babies named Ira were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ira is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #680CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Ira (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Ira (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IraCanadaGirls#47465
IraCanadaBoys#1,25119
IraEngland & WalesGirls#89439
IraEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
IraIrelandGirls#5446
IraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IraScotlandGirls#7803
IraUSGirls#1,085222
IraUSBoys#819301