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Ira

Boy's name · #822 in the US (2025) · Timeless

61% boys · 39% girls — Ira is also given to girls: 222 in 2025, about 39% in recent years. Ira →

Popularity over time

Ira holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#822 in 2025). About 55,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,494 in England & Wales (2025) · #814 in Canada (2024).

Famous Iras

• Ira Levin — American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)
• Ira Gershwin — American lyricist (1896–1983)
• Ira S. Bowen — American physicist and astronomer (1898–1973)
• Ira Remsen — American chemist (1846–1927)
• Ira Sachs — American filmmaker (born 1965)

In stories & tradition

• Ira the Ithrite^af — One of King David's Mighty Warriors
• Ira Goldstein — Fictional advertising character portrayed by Steve Mellor
• Ira of Tekoa — Second Book of Samuel (Bible)

What Iras become

Among 615 notable people named Ira:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ira De Ment, American judge (1931–2011).

Similar names: Reuben · Hiram · Ben · Asa · Sam · Isiah

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