Ireland
- #2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to girls 96.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 260 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,347since 1993
Ireland over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ireland has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,214 | 83 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,852 | 108 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #1,456 | 152 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #1,410 | 154 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,246 | 182 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,178 | 201 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #1,181 | 203 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #1,224 | 196 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,118 | 226 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #992 | 272 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #984 | 271 | — | |
| 2013 | #984 | 255 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,179 | 208 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,007 | 250 | — | |
| 2010 | #832 | 323 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #819 | 345 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #834 | 339 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #875 | 319 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #1,026 | 249 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #1,000 | 244 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #1,019 | 231 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #1,062 | 211 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #964 | 230 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #906 | 250 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #1,335 | 141 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,154 | 169 | — | |
| 1998 | #818 | 260 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,983 | 72 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1993
The first year at least five girls were named Ireland! It came in at #13,442, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ireland is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- South Carolina#614 · 1 in 2,613
- Arizona#748 · 1 in 3,527
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #150 in South Dakota, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Arizona | #748 | 8 | 1 in 3,527 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ireland
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 968 spots since 2020 (#1,246 → #2,214)
- Biggest jump: 1,165 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1999
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 1998 at #818 (260 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2007–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,325
- Highest: 1 in 5,325 girls born in 2009 were named Ireland (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,365 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #818 in 1998, was only 1 in 6,796 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 40.3% of all girls named Ireland (2,559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 604 | #818 (1998) | #4,941 |
| 2000s | 2,559 | #819 (2009) | #984 |
| 2010s | 2,405 | #832 (2010) | #1,068 |
| 2020s | 779 | #1,246 (2020) | #1,691 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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