I-Ra

given name · Latin script

I-Ra is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Diminutive of Irina, perhaps through Russian Ира (Ira).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 13K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than I-Ra itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

25,849 people, 2020

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
482 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

I-RaLatin(measured from records)
ԻրաArmenian(measured from records)
ไอร่าThai(measured from records)
აირაGeorgian(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ira in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 1 more, Aira in PH Philippines, FI Finland, LV Latvia and Իրա in AM Armenia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Diminutive of Irina, perhaps through Russian Ира (Ira).

Sources 11

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

I-Ra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where I-Ra is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#81425,8491 in 13K23KIra482
PH Philippines#641≈12,000 est.≈1 in 9.1K—Aira99
RU Russia—≈8,300 est.≈1 in 17K—Ira69
DE Germany—≈5,200 est.≈1 in 15K—Ira148
GB United Kingdom—≈4,900 est.≈1 in 13K4Ira127
FI Finland—3,475as Aira1 in 1.6K8.4KAira39
MD Moldova—8791 in 3.8K879—13
HR Croatia—5141 in 8.2K552—2
AM Armenia#550≈470 est.≈1 in 6.5K—Իրա16
LV Latvia—4471 in 4.2K447Aira11

25,849 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); e-services.md — living population register; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Ira Koźniewska, b. 1911Ira Wohl, b. 1944Ryu I-ra, b. 1982Seo Yi-ra, b. 1992Seo Yi-ra, b. 1999
  • Ira Koźniewskab. 1911PLPolish mathematician
  • Ira Wohlb. 1944USAmerican documentary filmmaker
  • Ryu I-rab. 1982KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean television presenter
  • Seo Yi-rab. 1992KRnot in their usual nameSouth korean short track speed skater
  • Seo Yi-rab. 1999KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists I-Ra under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name I-Ra mean, and where does it come from?
Diminutive of Irina, perhaps through Russian Ира (Ira). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 9 other sources.
Is I-Ra a male or female name?
I-Ra is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does I-Ra have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 26 thousand people named I-Ra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ira.
Where is I-Ra most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, I-Ra is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 3.8 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name I-Ra?
In the United States, the national register counted 25,849 people named I-Ra in 2020, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
How common is I-Ra compared with other names?
In the United States, I-Ra is the 814th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “I-Ra” — the 814th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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