first name
IRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,849 people named Ira, 65.3% reported their origin as White, 21.5% as Black and 5.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 87.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ira peaked in 1947, when 968 babies got the name.
At least 62,535 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ira by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #180. The largest share of babies named Ira, 25.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ira is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ira has been most common in Mississippi (2.7×), West Virginia (2.6×), and Arkansas (2.5×), and least common in Maine (0.2×).
47,353 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ira
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ira, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ira ranks #58,182 of 156,621, with 377 people. See Ira as a last name
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