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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Irish.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1924

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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 97 recorded years as a table

Irish, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1924	6
1926	8
1928	7
1929	7
1930	4
1931	6
1932	10
1933	5
1934	8
1935	6
1937	5
1938	7
1939	9
1940	10
1941	15
1942	4
1943	4
1944	7
1945	6
1946	6
1947	3
1948	9
1949	12
1950	9
1951	16
1952	10
1953	13
1954	10
1955	13
1956	9
1957	16
1958	15
1959	14
1960	20
1961	18
1962	15
1963	17
1964	12
1965	13
1966	14
1967	10
1968	14
1969	21
1970	15
1971	14
1972	11
1973	12
1974	7
1975	8
1976	9
1977	10
1978	10
1979	8
1980	16
1981	7
1982	11
1983	10
1984	10
1985	9
1986	6
1987	7
1988	8
1989	7
1990	6
1991	5
1992	7
1993	5
1994	4
1995	6
1996	7
1997	10
1998	9
1999	7
2000	9
2001	11
2002	7
2003	7
2004	8
2005	7
2006	9
2007	6
2008	5
2009	9
2010	6
2011	5
2012	8
2013	7
2014	7
2015	4
2016	6
2017	5
2018	4
2019	5
2020	10
2021	3
2023	6
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Irish isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 6
Rank in 2025: #13,208
How rare: 1 in 267,877 girls
Since 1924: 1,453

Most popular in 1969, at 21 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 17% per million girls born.

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