Irlanda
A feminine name derived from the Latin word "Hibernia", meaning "from Ireland".
Name Census estimates that about 784 living Americans carry the first name Irlanda. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Irlanda today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Irlanda births was 2012 (67 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Irlanda. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
784
~ 1 in 437,187 Americans
Peak year
2012
67 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,059
Tracked since 1979
Census
Irlanda in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,051 people with the first name Irlanda, which placed it at #12,003 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#12,003
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,051 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
95.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Irlanda
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Irlanda is Hispanic at 95.3%. The next largest groups are Black (2.6%) and White (1.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Irlanda described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Irlanda at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino95.3% · 1,002
- Black or African American2.6% · 27
- White1.5% · 16
- Two or more races0.6% · 6
Popularity
Irlanda: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Irlanda from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 295 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Irlanda remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Irlanda by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Irlanda during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Irlandas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. California, Texas, Arizona recorded the most babies named Irlanda, while Arizona, Texas, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 150 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Irlanda
The given name Irlanda is a Spanish and Portuguese word meaning "Ireland". It is derived from the name of the island nation of Ireland, which likely comes from the Old Irish word "Ériu", referring to a Gaelic goddess. The name became popular in Spain and Portugal during the Age of Discovery, when explorers and missionaries traveled to and learned about the island.
Irlanda was likely first used as a given name in the 16th or 17th century, as Spanish and Portuguese ships began making regular voyages to Ireland. Records from this time period may contain some of the earliest examples of the name being bestowed upon individuals.
One of the earliest known Irlandas was Irlanda Xavier, a Portuguese noblewoman born in 1578. She was a distant cousin of the famous Jesuit missionary St. Francis Xavier, who helped spread Catholicism in India and Japan.
In 1612, Irlanda de la Cruz was born in Seville, Spain. She later became a nun and was known for her piety and charity work among the poor.
Irlanda Velázquez, an influential Spanish painter, was born in 1670. She is remembered for her portraits of nobility and religious scenes, which hang in museums across Europe.
The Italian explorer and cartographer Irlanda Vespucci, born in 1724, is credited with mapping several Pacific islands and helping navigate future voyages to the region.
Irlanda Guerrero, born in 1819 in Mexico City, was a revolutionary and one of the first female generals in Mexican history. She fought against the French occupation of Mexico in the 1860s.
These are just a few examples of notable individuals throughout history who bore the given name Irlanda. While not an extremely common name, it has been used for centuries in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking cultures as a nod to the island nation of Ireland.
People
Irlanda + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Irlanda as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with I
Other first names starting with I with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Irlanda: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Irlanda?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 784 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Irlanda going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 437,187 US residents.
Is Irlanda a common name?
We classify Irlanda as "Very Rare". It ranks above 88.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 795 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Irlanda most popular?
The single biggest year for Irlanda was 2012, when 67 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Irlanda is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Irlanda in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,051 people with the name Irlanda, or 0.35 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #12,003 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Irlanda in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Irlanda?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Irlanda appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,051 people counted with this name, 99.6% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Irlanda?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Irlanda is Hispanic at 95.3%. The next largest groups are Black (2.6%) and White (1.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Irlanda most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Irlanda in the 2020 Census, accounting for 95.3% (1,002 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Irlanda in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Irlanda a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Irlanda in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Irlanda still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Irlanda in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Irlanda can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Irlanda?
See how many Americans are named Irlanda on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.