first name
IRELAND
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,437 people named Ireland, 82.5% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6% as two or more races. 96.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ireland peaked in 2009, when 353 babies got the name.
At least 6,556 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Ireland by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,684. The largest share of babies named Ireland, 59.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Ireland is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ireland has been most common in Utah (4.4×), Nevada (2.3×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.34×).
4,740 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 Ireland
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ireland, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ireland ranks #2,448 of 156,621, with 14,401 people. See Ireland as a last name
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