Irish*
#5,159 most common girls' name of all time · #8,740 across all names · 10% male / 90% female · used 1924–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#5,159
Rank overall
#8,740 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
1,608
Since 2016
105
Peak year
1960 #1,803
Best rank
#1,803 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Irish first appears in 1924. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,390 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,437 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #15,510 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #6,966 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,491 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #12,615 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,824 |
| 2016 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,189 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #11,972 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #8,559 |
| 2013 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,653 |
| 2012 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,264 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #10,549 |
| 2009 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,399 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #10,907 |
| 2007 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #9,606 |
| 2006 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #7,188 |
| 2005 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #8,388 |
| 2004 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #7,466 |
| 2003 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,073 |
| 2002 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,348 |
| 2001 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,613 |
| 2000 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,261 |
| 1999 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,329 |
| 1998 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,124 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,452 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,215 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,614 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,718 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,834 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,733 |
| 1991 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #8,712 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,939 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,604 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,398 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,012 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,712 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,908 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,371 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,339 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,066 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,645 |
| 1980 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,246 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,183 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,517 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,290 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,694 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,941 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,117 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,689 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,612 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,997 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,733 |
| 1969 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,157 |
| 1968 | 23 | 6 | 29 | #2,669 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,139 |
| 1966 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,487 |
| 1965 | 23 | 8 | 31 | #2,575 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1963 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,189 |
| 1961 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,909 |
| 1960 | 40 | 5 | 45 | #1,803 |
| 1959 | 28 | 8 | 36 | #2,176 |
| 1958 | 31 | 7 | 38 | #2,009 |
| 1957 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,918 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,674 |
| 1955 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,196 |
| 1954 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #2,565 |
| 1953 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,161 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,473 |
| 1951 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,833 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,629 |
| 1949 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,259 |
| 1948 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #2,561 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,061 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,590 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,610 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,319 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,147 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,471 |
| 1941 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,012 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,893 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,411 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,750 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,121 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,422 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,715 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,823 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,255 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,115 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,662 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,730 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,555 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,419 |