Irlanda
Feminine · “Ireland”
Irlanda is Spanish for Ireland, and using a country's name as a girl's name is a recognizable Mexican practice — Irlanda, America, Italia, Francia and Rusia all appear in Mexican and Mexican-American records.
How old is the name Irlanda?
Irlanda first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Irlanda alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 800 people named Irlanda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Irlanda most popular?
Irlanda peaked in 2012, reaching #2654 nationally. Today it ranks #5554, 2,900 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ériu to Irlanda
Our story of Irlanda
Country names as girls' names are a real and consistent pattern in Mexican naming, and America is the clearest case: it has been an ordinary Mexican and Mexican-American woman's name for a century, borne by the actress América Ferrera among many others, and it long predates any American self-consciousness about the word. Italia, Francia, Rusia, Irlanda and Africa all appear in the same records. Where the practice comes from is not documented, though the nineteenth-century Latin American taste for classical and geographical names is the usual explanation. Irlanda's American peak in 2012 sits with Mexican-American families and reflects a naming habit that has simply traveled north with the people who use it.
Meaning
Ireland
The Spanish name of the country, from Irish Éire with the Germanic land added by Norse and English speakers. Éire's own origin goes back to a reconstructed goddess name Ériu, whose meaning is not securely established. As a personal name Irlanda carries the country and nothing more.
How the name formed
- Ériu
- Irlanda
Related forms: Irlanda · Irlanda · Éire
Pronouncing Irlanda
eer-LAHN-dah
Three syllables, stress in the middle, with the r tapped. English readers say ir-LAN-duh, which is close enough to pass.
Nicknames for Irlanda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most girls named
- 201267 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2654reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −15.4%22 in 2025, from 26
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Irlanda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Irlanda in Spanish — same name
- Irlanda in Italian — same name
- Éire in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Arizona.
Irlandas among us
people named Irlanda are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 73,058 born in 2025 was named Irlanda
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ruben test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Irlanda's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ruben climbed just as high around 1950, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ruben's path sketches the road Irlanda is walking now.
Irlanda sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Irlanda beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Irlanda in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Everyone recognizes the country, so the name never has to be explained.
- Three open syllables are easy to say.
- It is spelled the same in Spanish and Italian.
- It is a country name, which invites the question of family connection.
- It is unfamiliar as a name outside Spanish-speaking communities.
- The country's own name has no recoverable meaning.
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Frequently asked
- How many Irlandas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Irlanda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Irlanda in 2025?
- Irlanda ranks #5554 among US girl names in 2025, with 22 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Irlanda?
- About 1 in every 73,058 US girls born in 2025 was named Irlanda — 22 in all.
- Will my child share the name Irlanda with classmates?
- Irlanda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Irlanda
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