How Many People Are Named Ira?
people named Ira are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,794 people in the US has this name
Based on 62,535 babies named Ira in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
968 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ira, 14.4% were girls and 85.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ira rose from 6.7% in the 1880s to 38.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ira alive today is about 49 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 26 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ira first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 968 babies. In 2025, 523 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ira never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #57, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 in 18 years between 1880 and 1898. In 2025 it ranked #822. Among girls, its best rank was #426, in 1880.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #822 | #1,086 |
| Best rank | #57 (1881) | #426 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 18 (1880 to 1898) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #181 in the 1920s | #1,302 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ira alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ira were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,797 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ira was given 2.1 times as often in Mississippi, 2 times in Arkansas and 1.9 times in New York.
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