Ira is a familiar name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1947 and has grown less common since.
Ira is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #822 among boys (301) and #1,086 among girls (222) — overall #1,139 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 523 | 523 | #1,086 | #822 |
| 2024 | 387 | 387 | #1,438 | #972 |
| 2023 | 427 | 427 | #1,399 | #880 |
| 2022 | 484 | 484 | #1,231 | #846 |
| 2021 | 469 | 469 | #1,331 | #810 |
| 2020 | 441 | 441 | #1,435 | #803 |
| 2019 | 409 | 409 | #1,426 | #873 |
| 2018 | 363 | 363 | #1,491 | #961 |
| 2017 | 342 | 342 | #1,679 | #968 |
| 2016 | 343 | 343 | #1,708 | #952 |
| 2015 | 296 | 296 | #2,031 | #1,021 |
| 2014 | 264 | 264 | #1,930 | #1,170 |
| 2013 | 234 | 234 | #2,353 | #1,156 |
| 2012 | 210 | 210 | #2,880 | #1,197 |
| 2011 | 156 | 156 | #3,471 | #1,478 |
| 2010 | 169 | 169 | #3,990 | #1,313 |
| 2009 | 152 | 152 | #5,608 | #1,355 |
| 2008 | 114 | 114 | #7,884 | #1,604 |
| 2007 | 128 | 128 | #7,520 | #1,451 |
| 2006 | 120 | 120 | #6,976 | #1,494 |
| 2005 | 105 | 105 | #9,705 | #1,519 |
| 2004 | 119 | 119 | #8,907 | #1,360 |
| 2003 | 118 | 118 | #8,177 | #1,320 |
| 2002 | 146 | 146 | #10,547 | #1,087 |
| 2001 | 98 | 98 | #9,652 | #1,419 |
| 2000 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,284 |
| 1999 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,255 |
| 1998 | 104 | 104 | #10,472 | #1,265 |
| 1997 | 116 | — | #10,160 | #1,145 |
| 1996 | 134 | — | #7,781 | #1,013 |
| 1995 | 121 | — | #9,037 | #1,064 |
| 1994 | 124 | — | #6,110 | #1,073 |
| 1993 | 121 | — | #7,191 | #1,065 |
| 1992 | 137 | — | #9,816 | #946 |
| 1991 | 159 | — | #7,600 | #865 |
| 1990 | 165 | — | #6,250 | #838 |
| 1989 | 170 | — | #6,687 | #791 |
| 1988 | 162 | — | #5,707 | #775 |
| 1987 | 182 | — | #10,338 | #685 |
| 1986 | 215 | — | #4,421 | #638 |
| 1985 | 170 | — | #7,168 | #693 |
| 1984 | 230 | — | #4,047 | #583 |
| 1983 | 245 | — | #5,579 | #549 |
| 1982 | 282 | — | #3,288 | #533 |
| 1981 | 294 | — | #4,206 | #507 |
| 1980 | 299 | — | #4,394 | #506 |
| 1979 | 297 | — | #4,699 | #494 |
| 1978 | 323 | — | #4,334 | #454 |
| 1977 | 320 | — | #4,746 | #459 |
| 1976 | 276 | — | #4,993 | #490 |
| 1975 | 338 | — | #4,008 | #443 |
| 1974 | 296 | — | #3,351 | #479 |
| 1973 | 349 | — | #2,371 | #439 |
| 1972 | 367 | — | #3,210 | #425 |
| 1971 | 362 | — | #2,825 | #448 |
| 1970 | 370 | — | #3,147 | #437 |
| 1969 | 442 | — | #2,314 | #388 |
| 1968 | 355 | — | #2,815 | #419 |
| 1967 | 394 | — | #2,812 | #392 |
| 1966 | 424 | — | #2,425 | #378 |
| 1965 | 433 | — | #2,428 | #385 |
| 1964 | 462 | — | #1,789 | #387 |
| 1963 | 450 | — | #1,993 | #390 |
| 1962 | 539 | — | #1,868 | #351 |
| 1961 | 599 | — | #1,649 | #333 |
| 1960 | 632 | — | #1,995 | #318 |
| 1959 | 635 | — | #1,805 | #319 |
| 1958 | 644 | — | #1,710 | #307 |
| 1957 | 694 | — | #1,414 | #300 |
| 1956 | 757 | — | #1,441 | #280 |
| 1955 | 731 | — | #1,413 | #274 |
| 1954 | 765 | — | #1,325 | #265 |
| 1953 | 776 | — | #1,417 | #256 |
| 1952 | 842 | — | #1,043 | #246 |
| 1951 | 880 | — | #1,123 | #234 |
| 1950 | 855 | — | #1,216 | #231 |
| 1949 | 855 | — | #1,128 | #229 |
| 1948 | 892 | — | #1,062 | #226 |
| 1947 | 968 | — | #970 | #216 |
| 1946 | 841 | — | #1,091 | #218 |
| 1945 | 726 | — | #921 | #212 |
| 1944 | 686 | — | #900 | #224 |
| 1943 | 684 | — | #980 | #232 |
| 1942 | 813 | — | #1,077 | #204 |
| 1941 | 655 | — | #1,022 | #218 |
| 1940 | 693 | — | #864 | #205 |
| 1939 | 578 | — | #984 | #226 |
| 1938 | 612 | — | #937 | #218 |
| 1937 | 637 | — | #885 | #208 |
| 1936 | 567 | — | #830 | #227 |
| 1935 | 620 | — | #816 | #216 |
| 1934 | 625 | — | #929 | #212 |
| 1933 | 662 | — | #714 | #202 |
| 1932 | 729 | — | #838 | #194 |
| 1931 | 683 | — | #865 | #207 |
| 1930 | 782 | — | #788 | #199 |
| 1929 | 728 | — | #824 | #201 |
| 1928 | 828 | — | #706 | #193 |
| 1927 | 889 | — | #730 | #182 |
| 1926 | 865 | — | #819 | #181 |
| 1925 | 881 | — | #769 | #183 |
| 1924 | 934 | — | #737 | #173 |
| 1923 | 930 | — | #731 | #171 |
| 1922 | 880 | — | #776 | #176 |
| 1921 | 966 | — | #781 | #166 |
| 1920 | 910 | — | #809 | #170 |
| 1919 | 897 | — | #789 | #164 |
| 1918 | 935 | — | #846 | #163 |
| 1917 | 941 | — | #758 | #151 |
| 1916 | 894 | — | #793 | #149 |
| 1915 | 887 | — | #764 | #146 |
| 1914 | 665 | — | #743 | #152 |
| 1913 | 542 | — | #655 | #152 |
| 1912 | 444 | — | #716 | #152 |
| 1911 | 284 | — | #620 | #141 |
| 1910 | 278 | — | #633 | #138 |
| 1909 | 212 | — | #653 | #147 |
| 1908 | 232 | — | #642 | #130 |
| 1907 | 224 | — | #719 | #123 |
| 1906 | 188 | — | #581 | #137 |
| 1905 | 212 | — | #520 | #128 |
| 1904 | 172 | — | #660 | #140 |
| 1903 | 201 | — | #562 | #119 |
| 1902 | 193 | — | #530 | #124 |
| 1901 | 171 | — | #583 | #118 |
| 1900 | 268 | — | #480 | #107 |
| 1899 | 169 | — | #542 | #120 |
| 1898 | 222 | — | #628 | #98 |
| 1897 | 215 | — | #493 | #99 |
| 1896 | 221 | — | #540 | #101 |
| 1895 | 230 | — | #649 | #95 |
| 1894 | 221 | — | #800 | #93 |
| 1893 | 207 | — | #556 | #98 |
| 1892 | 258 | — | #531 | #88 |
| 1891 | 202 | — | #551 | #91 |
| 1890 | 226 | — | #653 | #82 |
| 1889 | 231 | — | #521 | #85 |
| 1888 | 245 | — | #528 | #84 |
| 1887 | 237 | — | #480 | #77 |
| 1886 | 220 | — | #469 | #85 |
| 1885 | 249 | — | #590 | #75 |
| 1884 | 301 | — | #511 | #66 |
| 1883 | 257 | — | #455 | #67 |
| 1882 | 252 | — | #708 | #71 |
| 1881 | 294 | — | #648 | #57 |
| 1880 | 265 | — | #426 | #66 |