Is Ira a boy or girl name?
Ira is used for both boys and girls in close to equal numbers in the US. In 2024, 154 girls and 230 boys were named Ira, so 40.1% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 11.1% of the 62,006 US babies named Ira were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #975
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,436
- Babies named Ira since 1880
- 62,006
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 968 babies
Boys and girls named Ira, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,379 | 172 | 6.7% |
| 1890s | 1,916 | 255 | 11.7% |
| 1900s | 1,714 | 359 | 17.3% |
| 1910s | 6,115 | 652 | 9.6% |
| 1920s | 7,911 | 900 | 10.2% |
| 1930s | 5,838 | 657 | 10.1% |
| 1940s | 7,156 | 657 | 8.4% |
| 1950s | 7,026 | 553 | 7.3% |
| 1960s | 4,412 | 318 | 6.7% |
| 1970s | 3,107 | 190 | 5.8% |
| 1980s | 2,098 | 151 | 6.7% |
| 1990s | 1,184 | 96 | 7.5% |
| 2000s | 1,070 | 131 | 10.9% |
| 2010s | 1,805 | 980 | 35.2% |
| 2020s | 1,373 | 831 | 37.7% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 230 | #975 | 154 | #1,436 |
| 2023 | 266 | #878 | 161 | #1,398 |
| 2022 | 288 | #845 | 196 | #1,231 |
| 2021 | 301 | #809 | 168 | #1,331 |
| 2020 | 288 | #807 | 152 | #1,435 |
| 2019 | 251 | #876 | 157 | #1,425 |
| 2018 | 216 | #961 | 147 | #1,491 |
| 2017 | 214 | #967 | 128 | #1,677 |
| 2016 | 218 | #952 | 125 | #1,708 |
| 2015 | 199 | #1,020 | 97 | #2,031 |
| 2014 | 160 | #1,170 | 104 | #1,930 |
| 2013 | 156 | #1,156 | 78 | #2,352 |
| 2012 | 150 | #1,197 | 60 | #2,880 |
| 2011 | 110 | #1,478 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2010 | 131 | #1,313 | 38 | #3,988 |
| 2009 | 127 | #1,355 | 25 | #5,607 |
| 2008 | 98 | #1,604 | 16 | #7,884 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,451 | 17 | #7,520 |
| 2006 | 102 | #1,494 | 18 | #6,976 |
| 2005 | 94 | #1,519 | 11 | #9,705 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,360 | 12 | #8,907 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,320 | 13 | #8,177 |
| 2002 | 137 | #1,087 | 9 | #10,545 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,419 | 10 | #9,652 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,284 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,255 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,265 | 8 | #10,472 |
| 1997 | 108 | #1,145 | 8 | #10,160 |
| 1996 | 123 | #1,013 | 11 | #7,781 |
| 1995 | 112 | #1,064 | 9 | #9,037 |
| 1994 | 109 | #1,073 | 15 | #6,110 |
| 1993 | 109 | #1,065 | 12 | #7,191 |
| 1992 | 129 | #946 | 8 | #9,814 |
| 1991 | 148 | #865 | 11 | #7,600 |
| 1990 | 151 | #838 | 14 | #6,250 |
| 1989 | 158 | #790 | 12 | #6,688 |
| 1988 | 148 | #775 | 14 | #5,707 |
| 1987 | 176 | #685 | 6 | #10,337 |
| 1986 | 197 | #638 | 18 | #4,422 |
| 1985 | 161 | #693 | 9 | #7,168 |
| 1984 | 211 | #583 | 19 | #4,047 |
| 1983 | 233 | #549 | 12 | #5,579 |
| 1982 | 256 | #533 | 26 | #3,288 |
| 1981 | 276 | #507 | 18 | #4,207 |
| 1980 | 282 | #506 | 17 | #4,394 |
| 1979 | 282 | #494 | 15 | #4,699 |
| 1978 | 307 | #454 | 15 | #4,515 |
| 1977 | 306 | #459 | 14 | #4,746 |
| 1976 | 264 | #490 | 12 | #4,995 |
| 1975 | 322 | #443 | 16 | #4,008 |
| 1974 | 276 | #479 | 20 | #3,351 |
| 1973 | 317 | #439 | 32 | #2,371 |
| 1972 | 347 | #425 | 20 | #3,210 |
| 1971 | 337 | #447 | 25 | #2,825 |
| 1970 | 349 | #437 | 21 | #3,147 |
| 1969 | 411 | #389 | 31 | #2,314 |
| 1968 | 334 | #420 | 21 | #2,815 |
| 1967 | 374 | #392 | 20 | #2,811 |
| 1966 | 399 | #378 | 25 | #2,425 |
| 1965 | 408 | #385 | 25 | #2,428 |
| 1964 | 419 | #387 | 43 | #1,789 |
| 1963 | 415 | #390 | 35 | #1,993 |
| 1962 | 501 | #352 | 38 | #1,868 |
| 1961 | 552 | #333 | 47 | #1,650 |
| 1960 | 599 | #318 | 33 | #1,996 |
| 1959 | 596 | #319 | 38 | #1,804 |
| 1958 | 605 | #307 | 40 | #1,710 |
| 1957 | 637 | #300 | 56 | #1,414 |
| 1956 | 703 | #280 | 54 | #1,441 |
| 1955 | 681 | #274 | 51 | #1,413 |
| 1954 | 708 | #265 | 57 | #1,325 |
| 1953 | 728 | #256 | 48 | #1,417 |
| 1952 | 760 | #246 | 82 | #1,042 |
| 1951 | 811 | #234 | 69 | #1,123 |
| 1950 | 797 | #231 | 58 | #1,216 |
| 1949 | 790 | #229 | 65 | #1,128 |
| 1948 | 823 | #226 | 69 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 884 | #216 | 84 | #970 |
| 1946 | 780 | #218 | 61 | #1,091 |
| 1945 | 659 | #212 | 68 | #921 |
| 1944 | 613 | #224 | 72 | #900 |
| 1943 | 618 | #232 | 66 | #981 |
| 1942 | 760 | #204 | 53 | #1,077 |
| 1941 | 604 | #218 | 51 | #1,022 |
| 1940 | 625 | #205 | 68 | #864 |
| 1939 | 526 | #226 | 52 | #984 |
| 1938 | 554 | #218 | 58 | #937 |
| 1937 | 576 | #208 | 61 | #885 |
| 1936 | 501 | #227 | 66 | #830 |
| 1935 | 550 | #216 | 70 | #816 |
| 1934 | 570 | #212 | 55 | #929 |
| 1933 | 579 | #202 | 83 | #714 |
| 1932 | 661 | #194 | 68 | #838 |
| 1931 | 619 | #207 | 64 | #865 |
| 1930 | 702 | #199 | 80 | #788 |
| 1929 | 654 | #201 | 74 | #824 |
| 1928 | 728 | #193 | 100 | #706 |
| 1927 | 792 | #182 | 97 | #730 |
| 1926 | 785 | #181 | 80 | #819 |
| 1925 | 788 | #183 | 93 | #769 |
| 1924 | 834 | #173 | 100 | #737 |
| 1923 | 831 | #171 | 99 | #731 |
| 1922 | 792 | #176 | 88 | #776 |
| 1921 | 878 | #166 | 88 | #781 |
| 1920 | 829 | #170 | 81 | #809 |
| 1919 | 817 | #164 | 80 | #789 |
| 1918 | 862 | #163 | 73 | #846 |
| 1917 | 857 | #151 | 84 | #758 |
| 1916 | 820 | #149 | 74 | #793 |
| 1915 | 812 | #146 | 75 | #764 |
| 1914 | 605 | #152 | 60 | #743 |
| 1913 | 479 | #152 | 63 | #655 |
| 1912 | 394 | #152 | 50 | #716 |
| 1911 | 236 | #141 | 48 | #620 |
| 1910 | 233 | #138 | 45 | #633 |
| 1909 | 175 | #147 | 37 | #653 |
| 1908 | 196 | #130 | 36 | #642 |
| 1907 | 196 | #123 | 28 | #719 |
| 1906 | 151 | #137 | 37 | #581 |
| 1905 | 169 | #128 | 43 | #520 |
| 1904 | 144 | #140 | 28 | #660 |
| 1903 | 167 | #119 | 34 | #562 |
| 1902 | 156 | #124 | 37 | #530 |
| 1901 | 142 | #118 | 29 | #583 |
| 1900 | 218 | #107 | 50 | #480 |
| 1899 | 138 | #120 | 31 | #542 |
| 1898 | 195 | #98 | 27 | #628 |
| 1897 | 180 | #99 | 35 | #493 |
| 1896 | 190 | #101 | 31 | #540 |
| 1895 | 207 | #95 | 23 | #649 |
| 1894 | 206 | #93 | 15 | #800 |
| 1893 | 181 | #98 | 26 | #556 |
| 1892 | 231 | #88 | 27 | #531 |
| 1891 | 179 | #91 | 23 | #551 |
| 1890 | 209 | #82 | 17 | #653 |
| 1889 | 207 | #85 | 24 | #521 |
| 1888 | 222 | #84 | 23 | #528 |
| 1887 | 215 | #77 | 22 | #480 |
| 1886 | 198 | #85 | 22 | #469 |
| 1885 | 235 | #75 | 14 | #590 |
| 1884 | 284 | #66 | 17 | #511 |
| 1883 | 239 | #67 | 18 | #455 |
| 1882 | 244 | #71 | 8 | #708 |
| 1881 | 286 | #57 | 8 | #648 |
| 1880 | 249 | #66 | 16 | #426 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Ira reached #57 in 1881. As a girl name, it reached #426 in 1880. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Ira
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.