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Ireland

#2,224 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly abundant land

Ireland has been given to 6,556 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #2,224 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 345 recorded.

Babies named Ireland, 2025

1 in 39,900

Ireland over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ireland: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly abundant land

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ireland means

Ireland may mean “abundant land”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,347 girls were recorded with the name Ireland between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 345 in 2009; its best national rank was #819 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,251 in 2020 to #2,224 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #993 in 2015 to #2,224 in 2025.

In the United States, 209 boys were recorded with the name Ireland between 1914 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1918; its best national rank was #3,069 in 1942.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ireland?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,900
83 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 19,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,224
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,687 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ireland sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,687 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ireland. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Irelands were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ireland was born before 2010 — so the typical Ireland is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,347
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 40.3% of all recorded uses (2,559).

Is Ireland rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−365
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−973
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,231
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
24.1%
Peak was 2009 (345)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
12.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#819
1998

Spellings of Ireland

Ireland is the most-used spelling, taking 50.5% of the 12,569 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ireland is used

Across 2016–2025, Ireland was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 4,545 girls, against 1 in 11,362 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

222 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 4,545
  2. 2Michigan1 in 6,250
  3. 3Missouri1 in 6,667
  4. 4Arizona1 in 7,143
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 7,143
  6. 6Washington1 in 7,692
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 8,333
  8. 8Ohio1 in 8,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ireland around the world

Where Ireland ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2010
    #5,707
    in 2010
  • France
    1998–1998
    #3,913
    in 1998
  • Canada
    1996–2024
    #2,104
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1997–2008
    #796
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Ireland

People whose public names include Ireland, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ireland by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,224
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 973
Best rank ever
#819
1998
Peak year
2009
345 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,347
Count in 2025
83

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,069
1942
Peak year
1918
8 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
209
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ireland

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

IrelynnHollandIrelynIrenaAshlandIremideRylandIreoluwaScotlandIslandOaklandLelandGarlandIrelyndIreliaIrethaMarylandCopelandIrettaIreanIretaIcelandIreannaRosiland

Names with a curve like Ireland

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ireland, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MakenaKylahAryanaTaliyahRiyaAlaysiaAiyannaAiyanaJaylenMyahKyndallAnnaliese

Sibling names for Ireland

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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