Ireland
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IRE-land
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Ireland is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “land of Éire”. In 2025 it ranked 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
What does Ireland mean?
Irish: the country name, Irish Éire plus English land
“land of Éire”
Éire comes from Ériu, a goddess of the land in Irish mythology.
Is Ireland a girl's or a boy's name?
Ireland is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ireland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,214th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Ireland, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 345 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Ireland than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Ireland in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ireland in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,456 |
| 2021 | 154 | #1,410 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 201 | #1,178 |
| 2018 | 203 | #1,181 |
| 2017 | 196 | #1,224 |
| 2016 | 226 | #1,118 |
| 2015 | 272 | #992 |
| 2014 | 271 | #984 |
| 2013 | 255 | #984 |
| 2012 | 208 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 250 | #1,007 |
| 2010 | 323 | #832 |
| 2009 | 345 | #819 |
| 2008 | 339 | #834 |
| 2007 | 319 | #875 |
| 2006 | 249 | #1,026 |
| 2005 | 244 | #1,000 |
| 2004 | 231 | #1,019 |
| 2003 | 211 | #1,061 |
| 2002 | 230 | #963 |
| 2001 | 250 | #905 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 1999 | 169 | #1,152 |
| 1998 | 260 | #818 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,980 |
| 1996 | 74 | #1,928 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Ireland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Rowan, Itzel, Kennedy, Reagan, Holland, Mckenna, Rory, Maeve, Campbell, Murphy, Riley
Names related to Ireland
More Irish names
Oscar, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ireland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ireland, updated 20 October 2026.