NameTides

Lir

Lir was the #395 boys' name in Northern Ireland in 2025 (3 babies).

Lir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Lir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern Ireland
Lir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. 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 & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025——#395 (3)—
2024——#404 (3)#582 (5)
2023#8,921 (8)——#660 (4)
2022#12,330 (5)———
2020#10,605 (6)——#741 (3)
2017#12,246 (5)———
2016—#4,810 (3)——
2010—#3,332 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Northern Ireland in 2025 at #395.
  • First recorded in Northern Ireland in 2024.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby boys in the published Northern Ireland 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.