NameTides

Ireland

Ireland was the #2,214 girls' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #2,475 in Canada.

Ireland as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ireland as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Ireland as a girl’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.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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,214 (83)—#2,475 (8)
2024#1,852 (108)—#2,102 (10)
2023#1,965 (100)—#1,898 (11)
2022#1,456 (152)—#1,989 (10)
2021#1,410 (154)—#1,381 (17)
2020#1,246 (182)—#1,428 (16)
2019#1,178 (201)—#1,104 (23)
2018#1,181 (203)—#1,301 (18)
2017#1,224 (196)—#1,123 (22)
2016#1,118 (226)—#867 (31)
2015#992 (272)—#1,115 (22)
2014#984 (271)—#1,035 (25)
2013#984 (255)—#1,057 (24)
2012#1,179 (208)—#904 (29)
2011#1,007 (250)—#850 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #819.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ireland is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ireland by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ireland (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IrelandCanadaGirls#2,4758
IrelandEngland & WalesGirls—too few
IrelandNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IrelandNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IrelandUSGirls#2,21483
IrelandUSBoys—too few