girls:
6.2k births since 1993
#2117 (63rd percentile)
boys:
209 births since 1914
#4377 (4th percentile)
overall:
6.4k births since 1914
#3403 (56th percentile)
The name Ireland is the #3,403 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,364 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 56.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,117 (63.0% percentile) for all time with 6,155 births since 1993. For boys, it ranks #4,377 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 209 births since 1914.
Ireland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Ireland is available in 49 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 31 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 Ireland has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.7% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1914 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.3% girls from 1993 to 2023).
For girls, Ireland reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 34.1% percentile (ranked #632) with 170 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 170 births per million (ranked 34.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ireland ranks #852 for girls (10.0% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 33.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ireland reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #528) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ireland ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 31.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ireland".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ireland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.7% confident that Ireland is pronounced as IRE-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AI-er-luhnd, at 40.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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