Ira

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.4 to 1)

  • #819in 2025
  • 1 in 5,674boys in 2025
  • +70%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Minnesota

Most popular in 1881, and up 70% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,4202,83918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Ira, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,254
18812,839
18822,146
18832,284
18842,482
18852,180
18861,787
18872,120
18881,837
18891,872
18901,882
18911,769
18921,893
18931,611
18941,779
18951,763
18961,589
18971,596
18981,589
18991,299
19001,449
19011,334
19021,272
19031,401
19041,124
19051,277
19061,134
19071,335
19081,270
19091,067
19101,200
19111,044
1912916
1913935
1914924
1915957
1916921
1917926
1918851
1919834
1920779
1921797
1922728
1923758
1924736
1925706
1926707
1927703
1928657
1929608
1930640
1931595
1932633
1933584
1934552
1935528
1936483
1937540
1938499
1939475
1940539
1941492
1942550
1943433
1944451
1945489
1946480
1947483
1948469
1949445
1950445
1951431
1952391
1953369
1954347
1955330
1956332
1957296
1958285
1959280
1960281
1961260
1962242
1963204
1964210
1965219
1966224
1967214
1968192
1969230
1970188
1971191
1972214
1973203
1974176
1975206
1976168
1977186
1978187
1979164
1980158
1981154
1982141
1983130
1984117
198587
1986107
198794
198877
198979
199074
199173
199265
199356
199456
199559
199665
199757
199850
199952
200051
200145
200271
200353
200454
200547
200650
200753
200848
200964
201068
201158
201279
201382
201483
2015104
2016115
2017116
2018119
2019140
2020167
2021172
2022165
2023156
2024135
2025176

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Minnesota 2.2×
  2. Colorado 2.1×
  3. Indiana 2.0×
  4. Ohio 1.5×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
301
Rank in 2025
#819
How rare
1 in 5,674 boys
Since 1880
55,410

Most popular in 1881, at 2,839 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 70% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Minnesota2.2×25
Colorado2.1×26
Indiana2.0×30
Ohio1.5×37
Pennsylvania1.5×36

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.