Ira*
#441 most common boys' name of all time · #964 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#441
Rank overall
#964 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
62,535
Since 2016
4,188
Peak year
1947 #216
Best rank
#57 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 968/yr
Ira is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | 301 | 523 | #819 |
| 2024 | 154 | 233 | 387 | #969 |
| 2023 | 161 | 266 | 427 | #880 |
| 2022 | 196 | 288 | 484 | #846 |
| 2021 | 168 | 301 | 469 | #809 |
| 2020 | 152 | 289 | 441 | #802 |
| 2019 | 157 | 252 | 409 | #873 |
| 2018 | 147 | 216 | 363 | #958 |
| 2017 | 128 | 214 | 342 | #968 |
| 2016 | 125 | 218 | 343 | #952 |
| 2015 | 97 | 199 | 296 | #1,019 |
| 2014 | 104 | 160 | 264 | #1,170 |
| 2013 | 78 | 156 | 234 | #1,155 |
| 2012 | 60 | 150 | 210 | #1,195 |
| 2011 | 46 | 110 | 156 | #1,476 |
| 2010 | 38 | 131 | 169 | #1,309 |
| 2009 | 25 | 127 | 152 | #1,353 |
| 2008 | 16 | 98 | 114 | #1,603 |
| 2007 | 17 | 111 | 128 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 18 | 102 | 120 | #1,492 |
| 2005 | 11 | 94 | 105 | #1,514 |
| 2004 | 12 | 107 | 119 | #1,359 |
| 2003 | 13 | 105 | 118 | #1,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | 137 | 146 | #1,087 |
| 2001 | 10 | 88 | 98 | #1,415 |
| 2000 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,282 |
| 1999 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,249 |
| 1998 | 8 | 96 | 104 | #1,261 |
| 1997 | 8 | 108 | 116 | #1,143 |
| 1996 | 11 | 123 | 134 | #1,011 |
| 1995 | 9 | 112 | 121 | #1,062 |
| 1994 | 15 | 109 | 124 | #1,070 |
| 1993 | 12 | 109 | 121 | #1,060 |
| 1992 | 8 | 129 | 137 | #944 |
| 1991 | 11 | 148 | 159 | #862 |
| 1990 | 14 | 151 | 165 | #833 |
| 1989 | 12 | 158 | 170 | #789 |
| 1988 | 14 | 148 | 162 | #773 |
| 1987 | 6 | 176 | 182 | #685 |
| 1986 | 18 | 197 | 215 | #638 |
| 1985 | 9 | 161 | 170 | #693 |
| 1984 | 19 | 211 | 230 | #582 |
| 1983 | 12 | 233 | 245 | #549 |
| 1982 | 26 | 256 | 282 | #533 |
| 1981 | 18 | 276 | 294 | #506 |
| 1980 | 17 | 282 | 299 | #505 |
| 1979 | 15 | 282 | 297 | #494 |
| 1978 | 16 | 307 | 323 | #454 |
| 1977 | 14 | 306 | 320 | #459 |
| 1976 | 12 | 264 | 276 | #489 |
| 1975 | 16 | 322 | 338 | #443 |
| 1974 | 20 | 276 | 296 | #478 |
| 1973 | 32 | 317 | 349 | #439 |
| 1972 | 20 | 347 | 367 | #425 |
| 1971 | 25 | 337 | 362 | #448 |
| 1970 | 21 | 349 | 370 | #436 |
| 1969 | 31 | 411 | 442 | #387 |
| 1968 | 21 | 334 | 355 | #419 |
| 1967 | 20 | 374 | 394 | #392 |
| 1966 | 25 | 399 | 424 | #378 |
| 1965 | 25 | 408 | 433 | #385 |
| 1964 | 43 | 419 | 462 | #387 |
| 1963 | 35 | 415 | 450 | #390 |
| 1962 | 38 | 501 | 539 | #351 |
| 1961 | 47 | 552 | 599 | #333 |
| 1960 | 33 | 599 | 632 | #318 |
| 1959 | 38 | 597 | 635 | #319 |
| 1958 | 40 | 604 | 644 | #307 |
| 1957 | 56 | 638 | 694 | #299 |
| 1956 | 54 | 703 | 757 | #280 |
| 1955 | 51 | 680 | 731 | #274 |
| 1954 | 57 | 708 | 765 | #265 |
| 1953 | 48 | 728 | 776 | #256 |
| 1952 | 82 | 760 | 842 | #246 |
| 1951 | 69 | 811 | 880 | #234 |
| 1950 | 58 | 797 | 855 | #231 |
| 1949 | 65 | 790 | 855 | #229 |
| 1948 | 69 | 823 | 892 | #226 |
| 1947 | 84 | 884 | 968 | #216 |
| 1946 | 61 | 780 | 841 | #218 |
| 1945 | 68 | 658 | 726 | #212 |
| 1944 | 72 | 614 | 686 | #224 |
| 1943 | 66 | 618 | 684 | #232 |
| 1942 | 53 | 760 | 813 | #203 |
| 1941 | 51 | 604 | 655 | #218 |
| 1940 | 68 | 625 | 693 | #205 |
| 1939 | 52 | 526 | 578 | #226 |
| 1938 | 58 | 554 | 612 | #218 |
| 1937 | 61 | 576 | 637 | #207 |
| 1936 | 66 | 501 | 567 | #227 |
| 1935 | 70 | 550 | 620 | #216 |
| 1934 | 55 | 570 | 625 | #212 |
| 1933 | 83 | 579 | 662 | #202 |
| 1932 | 68 | 661 | 729 | #194 |
| 1931 | 64 | 619 | 683 | #207 |
| 1930 | 80 | 702 | 782 | #199 |
| 1929 | 74 | 654 | 728 | #201 |
| 1928 | 100 | 728 | 828 | #193 |
| 1927 | 97 | 792 | 889 | #182 |
| 1926 | 80 | 785 | 865 | #181 |
| 1925 | 93 | 788 | 881 | #183 |
| 1924 | 100 | 834 | 934 | #173 |
| 1923 | 99 | 831 | 930 | #171 |
| 1922 | 88 | 792 | 880 | #176 |
| 1921 | 88 | 878 | 966 | #166 |
| 1920 | 81 | 829 | 910 | #170 |
| 1919 | 80 | 817 | 897 | #164 |
| 1918 | 73 | 862 | 935 | #163 |
| 1917 | 84 | 857 | 941 | #151 |
| 1916 | 74 | 820 | 894 | #149 |
| 1915 | 75 | 812 | 887 | #146 |
| 1914 | 60 | 605 | 665 | #152 |
| 1913 | 63 | 479 | 542 | #152 |
| 1912 | 50 | 394 | 444 | #152 |
| 1911 | 48 | 236 | 284 | #141 |
| 1910 | 45 | 233 | 278 | #138 |
| 1909 | 37 | 175 | 212 | #147 |
| 1908 | 36 | 196 | 232 | #129 |
| 1907 | 28 | 196 | 224 | #123 |
| 1906 | 37 | 151 | 188 | #137 |
| 1905 | 43 | 169 | 212 | #128 |
| 1904 | 28 | 144 | 172 | #139 |
| 1903 | 34 | 167 | 201 | #119 |
| 1902 | 37 | 156 | 193 | #124 |
| 1901 | 29 | 142 | 171 | #118 |
| 1900 | 50 | 218 | 268 | #107 |
| 1899 | 31 | 138 | 169 | #120 |
| 1898 | 27 | 195 | 222 | #98 |
| 1897 | 35 | 180 | 215 | #99 |
| 1896 | 31 | 190 | 221 | #101 |
| 1895 | 23 | 207 | 230 | #94 |
| 1894 | 15 | 206 | 221 | #93 |
| 1893 | 26 | 181 | 207 | #98 |
| 1892 | 27 | 231 | 258 | #88 |
| 1891 | 23 | 179 | 202 | #90 |
| 1890 | 17 | 209 | 226 | #82 |
| 1889 | 24 | 207 | 231 | #86 |
| 1888 | 23 | 222 | 245 | #84 |
| 1887 | 22 | 215 | 237 | #77 |
| 1886 | 22 | 198 | 220 | #85 |
| 1885 | 14 | 235 | 249 | #75 |
| 1884 | 17 | 284 | 301 | #66 |
| 1883 | 18 | 239 | 257 | #67 |
| 1882 | 8 | 244 | 252 | #71 |
| 1881 | 8 | 286 | 294 | #57 |
| 1880 | 16 | 249 | 265 | #66 |