Irish Popularity by Year
Follow Irish across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Irish birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 6 | #13,208 | Down 2,896 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 5 | #12,349 | Down 2,526 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 9 | #10,312 | Up 4,939 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 7 | #9,823 | Up 2,323 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 5 | #12,146 | Down 2,592 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 5 | #15,251 | Down 8,328 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Up 2,591 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 16 | #6,923 | Up 4,433 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Down 1,385 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 8 | #11,356 | Up 1,108 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 6 | #10,760 | Down 2,016 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 7 | #12,464 | Down 1,775 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Down 576 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 10 | #10,113 | Up 1,722 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 8 | #8,744 | Up 37 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 8 | #11,835 | Down 3,350 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 8 | #8,781 | Up 3,506 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 13 | #8,485 | Up 95 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 13 | #8,580 | Down 372 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 14 | #8,208 | Up 2,973 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 5 | #12,287 | Down 2,594 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 9 | #11,181 | Down 730 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 7 | #9,693 | Down 674 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 10 | #10,451 | Down 3,110 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 17 | #7,341 | Up 3,466 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 8 | #9,019 | Up 3,348 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 10 | #10,807 | Down 1,268 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 5 | #12,367 | Down 3,635 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 12 | #9,539 | Down 2,397 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 8 | #8,732 | Down 2,098 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 17 | #7,142 | Up 1,188 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 11 | #6,634 | Up 3,314 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 13 | #8,330 | Down 939 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 6 | #9,948 | Down 1,712 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 15 | #7,391 | Up 607 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 13 | #7,998 | Up 282 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 12 | #8,280 | Down 2,710 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 20 | #5,570 | Up 638 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 17 | #6,208 | Up 1,031 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 13 | #7,239 | Down 1,166 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 16 | #6,073 | Down 656 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 18 | #5,417 | Up 1,713 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 12 | #7,130 | Up 384 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 11 | #7,514 | Up 2,072 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 8 | #9,586 | Down 867 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 9 | #8,719 | Down 2,067 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 13 | #6,652 | Up 1,936 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 5 | #8,236 | Down 4,563 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 9 | #8,588 | Down 1,721 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 12 | #6,867 | Down 336 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 12 | #6,531 | Down 1,210 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 15 | #5,321 | Up 602 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 12 | #5,923 | Up 689 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 10 | #6,612 | Down 1,752 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 15 | #4,860 | Down 542 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 17 | #4,318 | Down 32 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 17 | #4,286 | Down 261 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 19 | #4,025 | Up 1,546 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 12 | #5,571 | Down 2,356 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 26 | #3,215 | Up 1,877 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 13 | #5,092 | Down 633 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 15 | #4,459 | Down 224 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 16 | #4,235 | Up 379 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 13 | #4,614 | Up 240 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 12 | #4,854 | Up 157 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 11 | #5,011 | Down 1,376 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 17 | #3,635 | Down 92 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 17 | #3,543 | Down 588 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 23 | #2,955 | Down 250 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 26 | #2,705 | Down 571 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 35 | #2,134 | Up 496 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Down 691 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 23 | #2,630 | Up 455 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 17 | #3,085 | Down 632 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 24 | #2,453 | Up 85 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Up 1,056 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 23 | #2,538 | Up 137 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 22 | #2,675 | Down 581 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 32 | #2,094 | Up 69 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 30 | #2,163 | Down 270 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 37 | #1,893 | Down 104 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 1,001 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 40 | #1,789 | Up 363 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 8 | #3,037 | Up 238 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 28 | #2,152 | Down 167 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 7 | #3,275 | Up 552 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 31 | #1,985 | Down 81 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 33 | #1,904 | Up 718 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 19 | #2,622 | Down 466 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 25 | #2,156 | Up 363 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | Down 159 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 19 | #2,519 | Down 397 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 24 | #2,122 | Up 289 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 19 | #2,411 | Down 606 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 29 | #1,805 | Up 730 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 16 | #2,535 | Down 323 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 20 | #2,212 | Up 279 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 5 | #3,668 | Up 529 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 16 | #2,491 | Up 2,273 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 6 | #4,764 | Down 1,334 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 9 | #3,430 | Down 42 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 8 | #3,388 | Down 249 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 9 | #3,139 | Up 1,552 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 5 | #4,691 | Down 567 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 6 | #4,124 | Down 2,170 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 18 | #1,954 | Up 470 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 12 | #2,424 | Up 312 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 10 | #2,736 | Up 445 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 8 | #3,181 | Up 1,074 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 5 | #4,255 | Down 513 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 6 | #3,742 | Down 583 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 8 | #3,159 | Up 1,059 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 5 | #4,218 | Down 1,574 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 11 | #2,644 | Up 1,204 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 6 | #3,848 | Up 702 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 5 | #4,550 | Down 1,156 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 8 | #3,394 | Up 42 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 8 | #3,436 | Down 167 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 9 | #3,269 | Up 733 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | — |
| 1924 | Girls | 7 | #4,002 | — |