Irish

Primarily a girl's name · 90% girls

Origin: English

Irish first appears in the data in 1924 and has been recorded in 96 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 40 babies (rank #1,798 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Irish

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

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.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.

1,602

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1924	7	#4,193
1926	9	#3,387
1928	8	#3,586
1929	8	#3,521
1930	5	#4,858
1931	6	#4,088
1932	11	#2,730
1933	5	#4,502
1934	8	#3,295
1935	6	#3,961
1937	5	#4,534
1938	8	#3,298
1939	10	#2,801
1940	12	#2,481
1941	18	#1,983
1942	6	#4,325
1943	5	#4,958
1944	9	#3,230
1945	8	#3,502
1946	9	#3,516
1947	6	#4,972
1948	16	#2,538
1949	20	#2,236
1950	16	#2,600
1951	29	#1,819
1952	19	#2,446
1953	24	#2,148
1954	19	#2,546
1955	25	#2,185
1956	19	#2,661
1957	33	#1,911
1958	31	#2,002
1959	28	#2,169
1960	40	#1,798
1961	37	#1,903
1962	30	#2,184
1963	32	#2,103
1964	22	#2,704
1965	23	#2,564
1966	24	#2,477
1967	17	#3,130
1968	23	#2,658
1969	35	#2,149
1970	26	#2,734
1971	23	#2,992
1972	17	#3,615
1973	17	#3,687
1974	11	#5,131
1975	12	#4,963
1976	13	#4,717
1977	16	#4,292
1978	15	#4,516
1979	13	#5,204
1980	26	#3,250
1981	12	#5,682
1982	19	#4,072
1983	17	#4,345
1984	17	#4,393
1985	15	#4,932
1986	10	#6,780
1987	12	#6,062
1988	15	#5,424
1989	12	#6,690
1990	12	#7,034
1991	9	#8,863
1992	13	#6,797
1993	9	#9,001
1994	8	#9,901
1995	11	#7,713
1996	12	#7,303
1997	18	#5,492
1998	16	#6,172
1999	13	#7,416
2000	17	#6,301
2001	20	#5,664
2002	12	#8,485
2003	13	#8,179
2004	15	#7,558
2005	13	#8,520
2006	17	#7,271
2007	12	#9,780
2008	10	#11,102
2009	17	#7,471
2010	10	#10,723
2011	9	#11,549
2012	14	#8,381
2013	13	#8,762
2014	13	#8,657
2015	8	#12,271
2016	10	#10,388
2017	9	#11,041
2018	7	#12,992
2019	8	#11,785
2020	16	#7,035
2021	5	#16,183
2023	9	#10,638