Irish
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- EYE-rish
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Irish is a name of English origin, meaning “from Ireland”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Irish mean?
English: English word for something from Ireland
“from Ireland”
Is Irish a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Irish has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US.
How popular is Irish in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Irish, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Irish in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1965, 74% of the babies named Irish in the US were girls.
Irish in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,093 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,892 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,788 |
| 1959 | 28 | #2,151 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,984 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,903 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
Names like Irish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Holly, Kimberly, April, Michelle, Melody, Shelby, Darla, Wendy, Amber, Laurel, Amy, Leslie
Names related to Irish
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Irish: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irish, updated 20 October 2026.