Meaning and history
This name comes from the European island country Ireland, derived from Irish Gaelic Éire, which may have meant “abundant land” in Old Irish.
20062006: 249 births, rank #1,026
2007: 319 births, rank #875
2008: 339 births, rank #834
2009: 345 births, rank #819
2010: 323 births, rank #832
20112011: 250 births, rank #1,007
2012: 208 births, rank #1,179
2013: 255 births, rank #984
2014: 271 births, rank #984
2015: 272 births, rank #992
20162016: 226 births, rank #1,118
2017: 196 births, rank #1,224
2018: 203 births, rank #1,181
2019: 201 births, rank #1,178
2020: 182 births, rank #1,246
20212021: 154 births, rank #1,410
2022: 152 births, rank #1,456
2023: 100 births, rank #1,965
2024: 108 births, rank #1,852
20252025: 83 births, rank #2,214
Ireland moved from #984 to #993 for girls between 2014 and 2015. Its highest annual birth count came in 2009, with 345 births.