girls:
44 births since 2010
#5672 (1st percentile)
boys:
66 births since 2013
#4520 (1st percentile)
overall:
110 births since 2010
#7629 (1st percentile)
The name Irah is the #7,629 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 110 recorded births since 2010. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,520 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 2013. For girls, it ranks #5,672 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 2010.
Irah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2010 (2010 for girls and 2013 for boys). Birth data for Irah is available in 11 out of the 14 years between 2010 and 2023 (9 years for boys and 8 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Irah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 57.1% of babies named Irah were boys. Interestingly, until around 2013, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 2010 to 2012), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (62.9% boys from 2013 to 2023).
For boys, Irah reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #917) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Irah ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Irah reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #938) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Irah ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 86.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Irah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Irah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ira" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ira..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Irah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.6% confident that Irah is pronounced as AI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-ruh, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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