Irah — #7156 US boys' name
78 babies named Irah in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Irah was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Irah in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Irah
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Irah between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Irah currently holds the #7156 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Irah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 55 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Irah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Irah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Irah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 78 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Irah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Irah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2022)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #7156 among boys.
78 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 12 births in a single year.
Irah popularity over time — girls
55 total births recorded since 2010 (Irah as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Irah accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Irah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 45 births that decade — 58% of Irah's all-time total
Irah decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Irah's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2013–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.