Ira

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 11% girls / 89% boys

Meaning

Ira is a unisex given name. As a Sanskrit male name, its meaning is that of the wind god, Vayu. As a female name its meaning is "the Earth". She is daughter of Daksha Prajapati and is wife of Kashyapa Maharishi and she is mother of plants, creepers and trees.

From Wikipedia

Ira first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 884 babies (rank #216 that year). In 2024 it was given to 230 boys (rank #975). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Ira

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ira yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

62,006

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

884

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Ira

Ira Levinscience fiction writer · b. 1929
Ira Loscomusician · b. 1981

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	249	#66
1881	286	#57
1882	244	#71
1883	239	#67
1884	284	#66
1885	235	#75
1886	198	#85
1887	215	#77
1888	222	#84
1889	207	#85
1890	209	#82
1891	179	#91
1892	231	#88
1893	181	#98
1894	206	#93
1895	207	#95
1896	190	#101
1897	180	#99
1898	195	#98
1899	138	#120
1900	218	#107
1901	142	#118
1902	156	#124
1903	167	#119
1904	144	#140
1905	169	#128
1906	151	#137
1907	196	#123
1908	196	#130
1909	175	#147
1910	233	#138
1911	236	#141
1912	394	#152
1913	479	#152
1914	605	#152
1915	812	#146
1916	820	#149
1917	857	#151
1918	862	#163
1919	817	#164
1920	829	#170
1921	878	#166
1922	792	#176
1923	831	#171
1924	834	#173
1925	788	#183
1926	785	#181
1927	792	#182
1928	728	#193
1929	654	#201
1930	702	#199
1931	619	#207
1932	661	#194
1933	579	#202
1934	570	#212
1935	550	#216
1936	501	#227
1937	576	#208
1938	554	#218
1939	526	#226
1940	625	#205
1941	604	#218
1942	760	#204
1943	618	#232
1944	613	#224
1945	659	#212
1946	780	#218
1947	884	#216
1948	823	#226
1949	790	#229
1950	797	#231
1951	811	#234
1952	760	#246
1953	728	#256
1954	708	#265
1955	681	#274
1956	703	#280
1957	637	#300
1958	605	#307
1959	596	#319
1960	599	#318
1961	552	#333
1962	501	#352
1963	415	#390
1964	419	#387
1965	408	#385
1966	399	#378
1967	374	#392
1968	334	#420
1969	411	#389
1970	349	#437
1971	337	#447
1972	347	#425
1973	317	#439
1974	276	#479
1975	322	#443
1976	264	#490
1977	306	#459
1978	307	#454
1979	282	#494
1980	282	#506
1981	276	#507
1982	256	#533
1983	233	#549
1984	211	#583
1985	161	#693
1986	197	#638
1987	176	#685
1988	148	#775
1989	158	#790
1990	151	#838
1991	148	#865
1992	129	#946
1993	109	#1,065
1994	109	#1,073
1995	112	#1,064
1996	123	#1,013
1997	108	#1,145
1998	96	#1,265
1999	99	#1,255
2000	101	#1,284
2001	88	#1,419
2002	137	#1,087
2003	105	#1,320
2004	107	#1,360
2005	94	#1,519
2006	102	#1,494
2007	111	#1,451
2008	98	#1,604
2009	127	#1,355
2010	131	#1,313
2011	110	#1,478
2012	150	#1,197
2013	156	#1,156
2014	160	#1,170
2015	199	#1,020
2016	218	#952
2017	214	#967
2018	216	#961
2019	251	#876
2020	288	#807
2021	301	#809
2022	288	#845
2023	266	#878
2024	230	#975