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Ira

Girl's name · #1086 in the US (2025) · Vintage

39% girls · 61% boys — About 61% of babies named Ira in recent years have been boys. Ira →

Popularity over time

Ira belongs to an older America first — it reached #426 back in 1880 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1086. About 7,100 girls have carried it since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#288 in New Zealand (2025) · #577 in Ireland (2025) · #885 in Sweden (2025) · #898 in Scotland (2025) · #910 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,556 in Austria (2025) · #1,572 in Switzerland (2025) · #831 in Canada (2024).

Famous Iras

• Ira Losco — Maltese singer and songwriter
• Ira von Fürstenberg — Italian socialite and actress (1940–2024)
• Ira Trivedi — Indian novelist, yogini, entrepreneur, speaker and globe trotter
• Ira Singhal — Indian civil servant
• Ira Dubey — Indian actress

In stories & tradition

• Ira — Polynesian mythology

What Iras become

Among 615 notable people named Ira:

Similar names: Irha · Arie · Irie · Era · Davie · Leora

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