Irish
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to girls 90.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 40 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,453since 1924
Irish over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,893 | 37 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,805 | 29 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Irish! It came in at #4,002, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Irish is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Irish in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 6,285 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #13,208)
- 1,373 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1960 at #1,789 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 48,200
- Highest: 1 in 48,200 girls born in 1969 were named Irish (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,789 in 1960, was only 1 in 50,549 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 19.5% of all girls named Irish (283) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 32 | #3,269 (1926) | #3,525 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,644 (1932) | #3,593 |
| 1940s | 109 | #1,954 (1941) | #3,262 |
| 1950s | 243 | #1,805 (1951) | #2,221 |
| 1960s | 283 | #1,789 (1960) | #2,345 |
| 1970s | 163 | #2,705 (1970) | #4,110 |
| 1980s | 155 | #3,215 (1980) | #5,066 |
| 1990s | 121 | #5,417 (1997) | #7,379 |
| 2000s | 146 | #5,570 (2001) | #7,861 |
| 2010s | 101 | #8,208 (2012) | #10,336 |
| 2020s | 36 | #6,923 (2020) | #11,424 |
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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