Ireon — unisex name
15 babies named Ireon in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Ireon was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ireon in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ireon
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Ireon between 1991 and 1998, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ireon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Ireon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ireon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ireon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ireon 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 15 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.
Ireon at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ireon popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1991
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
15 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 10 births in a single year.
Ireon popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2010 (Ireon as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Ireon accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ireon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 15 births that decade — 100% of Ireon's all-time total
Ireon decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ireon's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Ireon by state
Where Ireon concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 33.3% |
5 of 15 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 33.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 33.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1991–1998 (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.