Unisex name · since 2013
Irah
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Irah, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,386 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,517 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Irah is the #9517 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 86 recorded since 2013.
Irah has 86 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9517 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #18,386 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,517 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Irah ranks #18,386 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,517 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 86 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,386 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,517 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Irah's 86 recorded births place it above 59.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Irah compares
86 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Irah's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Irah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Irah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Irah's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Irah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Irah popularity over time - girls
60 total births recorded since 2010 (Irah as girls' name)
Irah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (53 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Irah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Irah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 53 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Irah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Irah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.