Ire — boys' name
59 babies named Ire in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Ire was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Ire in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ire
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Ire between 1913 and 2022, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ire currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ire performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ire shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ire 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 59 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.
Ire at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1913
- Peak year (1923)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
59 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 6 births in a single year.
Ire by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 15 births that decade — 25% of Ire's all-time total
Ire decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Ire's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% 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, 1913–2022 (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.