Ira

Girl · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.4 to 1)

  • #1,085in 2025
  • 1 in 7,239girls in 2025
  • +154%last ten years
  • 1.7×in North Carolina

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

08817618801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 144 recorded years as a table
Ira, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880176
188187
188274
1883160
1884132
1885105
1886152
1887151
1888129
1889135
189089
1891124
1892127
1893122
189467
189598
1896130
1897149
1898104
1899133
1900167
1901121
1902140
1903130
1904102
1905147
1906125
190788
1908108
1909107
1910113
1911115
191290
1913101
191479
191576
191671
191778
191863
191971
192068
192171
192273
192382
192480
192576
192667
192781
192887
192966
193071
193160
193264
193382
193453
193567
193663
193757
193853
193947
194059
194142
194239
194347
194454
194552
194639
194747
194841
194938
195034
195138
195244
195326
195429
195526
195627
195727
195820
195919
196016
196123
196219
196318
196423
196514
196615
196712
196813
196918
197012
197115
197213
197322
197414
197511
19768
19779
197810
19799
198010
198111
198215
19837
198411
19855
198610
19873
19888
19897
19907
19916
19924
19937
19948
19955
19966
19975
19985
20016
20025
20037
20047
20056
20069
20079
20088
200914
201021
201126
201234
201344
201458
201554
201671
201774
201886
201994
202094
2021102
2022120
2023100
202495
2025138

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. North Carolina 1.7×
  2. Illinois 1.7×
  3. California 1.6×
  4. Texas 1.1×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
222
Rank in 2025
#1,085
How rare
1 in 7,239 girls
Since 1880
7,125

Most popular in 1880, at 176 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 154% per million girls born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
North Carolina1.7×26
Illinois1.7×25
California1.6×85
Texas1.1×59

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.