Ireland

Origin: Irish (from Old Irish Ériu, Proto-Celtic) — From Ireland — Old Irish Ériu

Girl's name · #2224 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Ireland reached its best rank, #819, in 1998 and ranked #2224 in 2025. About 6,300 girls have carried it since 1993.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,166 in Canada (2024).

It is also an American family name — about 15,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

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