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Ira Boy Name
The name Ira is of Hebrew origin, and means watchful.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ira has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Ira
Use of the Name Ira for Boys During the Last ... |
125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
50,020 | 13,244 | 2,518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ira has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Ira last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1992, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Ira
| Used as a Boy Name | Used as a Girl Name |
Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
1880 | 66 | 249 | 426 | 16 |
1881 | 57 | 286 | 648 | 8 |
1882 | 71 | 244 | 708 | 8 |
1883 | 67 | 239 | 455 | 18 |
1884 | 66 | 284 | 511 | 17 |
1885 | 75 | 235 | 590 | 14 |
1886 | 85 | 198 | 469 | 22 |
1887 | 77 | 215 | 480 | 22 |
1888 | 84 | 222 | 528 | 23 |
1889 | 85 | 207 | 521 | 24 |
1890 | 82 | 209 | 654 | 17 |
1891 | 91 | 179 | 551 | 23 |
1892 | 88 | 231 | 531 | 27 |
1893 | 98 | 181 | 556 | 26 |
1894 | 93 | 206 | 800 | 15 |
1895 | 95 | 207 | 649 | 23 |
1896 | 100 | 190 | 541 | 31 |
1897 | 99 | 180 | 493 | 35 |
1898 | 98 | 195 | 628 | 27 |
1899 | 120 | 138 | 542 | 31 |
1900 | 107 | 218 | 480 | 50 |
1901 | 118 | 142 | 583 | 29 |
1902 | 124 | 156 | 530 | 37 |
1903 | 119 | 167 | 562 | 34 |
1904 | 141 | 143 | 660 | 28 |
1905 | 128 | 169 | 520 | 43 |
1906 | 137 | 151 | 580 | 37 |
1907 | 124 | 195 | 717 | 28 |
1908 | 130 | 196 | 640 | 36 |
1909 | 147 | 173 | 653 | 37 |
1910 | 137 | 233 | 639 | 44 |
1911 | 140 | 237 | 620 | 48 |
1912 | 152 | 394 | 706 | 51 |
1913 | 153 | 478 | 655 | 63 |
1914 | 152 | 604 | 743 | 60 |
1915 | 146 | 813 | 764 | 75 |
1916 | 149 | 821 | 793 | 74 |
1917 | 151 | 860 | 758 | 84 |
1918 | 163 | 862 | 843 | 73 |
1919 | 165 | 816 | 789 | 80 |
1920 | 170 | 828 | 813 | 80 |
1921 | 166 | 880 | 776 | 89 |
1922 | 177 | 792 | 779 | 87 |
1923 | 172 | 825 | 732 | 99 |
1924 | 173 | 839 | 739 | 100 |
1925 | 183 | 782 | 765 | 94 |
1926 | 180 | 789 | 832 | 78 |
1927 | 181 | 794 | 734 | 94 |
1928 | 196 | 718 | 706 | 100 |
1929 | 201 | 657 | 817 | 75 |
1930 | 199 | 699 | 789 | 80 |
1931 | 207 | 615 | 872 | 62 |
1932 | 194 | 661 | 825 | 69 |
1933 | 201 | 584 | 718 | 83 |
1934 | 213 | 568 | 913 | 57 |
1935 | 216 | 548 | 826 | 69 |
1936 | 230 | 498 | 830 | 66 |
1937 | 208 | 574 | 883 | 62 |
1938 | 219 | 549 | 946 | 57 |
1939 | 226 | 528 | 980 | 53 |
1940 | 206 | 625 | 865 | 68 |
1941 | 220 | 596 | | |
1942 | 205 | 759 | | |
1943 | 231 | 617 | 992 | 64 |
1944 | 225 | 610 | 902 | 72 |
1945 | 212 | 660 | 909 | 69 |
1946 | 217 | 778 | | |
1947 | 216 | 881 | 972 | 84 |
1948 | 225 | 822 | | |
1949 | 230 | 783 | | |
1950 | 232 | 792 | | |
1951 | 235 | 808 | | |
1952 | 245 | 761 | | |
1953 | 256 | 726 | | |
1954 | 264 | 707 | | |
1955 | 274 | 678 | | |
1956 | 279 | 699 | | |
1957 | 298 | 642 | | |
1958 | 307 | 603 | | |
1959 | 319 | 593 | | |
1960 | 318 | 601 | | |
1961 | 334 | 546 | | |
1962 | 353 | 500 | | |
1963 | 390 | 415 | | |
1964 | 387 | 420 | | |
1965 | 383 | 410 | | |
1966 | 378 | 399 | | |
1967 | 395 | 371 | | |
1968 | 419 | 335 | | |
1969 | 389 | 408 | | |
1970 | 434 | 352 | | |
1971 | 447 | 335 | | |
1972 | 422 | 349 | | |
1973 | 440 | 316 | | |
1974 | 478 | 276 | | |
1975 | 440 | 322 | | |
1976 | 490 | 263 | | |
1977 | 458 | 306 | | |
1978 | 455 | 307 | | |
1979 | 498 | 280 | | |
1980 | 504 | 282 | | |
1981 | 507 | 275 | | |
1982 | 534 | 255 | | |
1983 | 547 | 233 | | |
1984 | 582 | 211 | | |
1985 | 691 | 162 | | |
1986 | 642 | 195 | | |
1987 | 688 | 173 | | |
1988 | 778 | 148 | | |
1989 | 789 | 157 | | |
1990 | 835 | 151 | | |
1991 | 862 | 148 | | |
1992 | 949 | 128 | | |
Totals: | | 50,020 | | 3,349 |
During the last 125 years, parents have used Ira as a boy's name about 93% of the time and less frequently (about 6% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Ira appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 113 times during the last 125 years.
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