Irish was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Irish as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#13,208 (6)
2023
#10,312 (9)
2021
#15,251 (5)
2020
#6,923 (16)
2019
#11,356 (8)
2018
#12,464 (7)
2017
#10,689 (9)
2016
#10,113 (10)
2015
#11,835 (8)
2014
#8,485 (13)
2013
#8,580 (13)
2012
#8,208 (14)
2011
#11,181 (9)
2010
#10,451 (10)
2009
#7,341 (17)
Irish as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2024
#12,349 (5)
2022
#9,823 (7)
2021
#12,146 (5)
2020
#9,554 (7)
2019
#12,145 (5)
2018
#10,760 (6)
2015
#8,744 (8)
2014
#8,781 (8)
2011
#12,287 (5)
2010
#9,693 (7)
2008
#9,019 (8)
2007
#12,367 (5)
2006
#8,732 (8)
2005
#6,634 (11)
2004
#9,948 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1969 at #2,134.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1924.
In 2021, 50% of US babies named Irish were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 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.