Tira vs Tirrell
American parents have registered 979 Tiras since 1880, against 793 Tirrells. But in 2025 it was Tirrell that was commoner, 6 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Tira Tirrell
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 64 years in which either name was published, Tira for 37 years and Tirrell for 27 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1958–1975 Tira ahead
- 1976–1978 Tirrell ahead
- 1979–1983 Tira ahead
- 1986–1996 Tirrell ahead
- 1997–2006 Tira ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2013–2025 Tirrell ahead
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Tira | Tirrell | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 979 | 793 |
| Most in one year | 45 | 37 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 930 | 750 |
| Median age today | 46 | 38 |
| Peak year | 1971 | 1989 |
| Best rank | 1,906th girls | 1,953rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,695th |
| First recorded | 1951 | 1956 |
| Girls / boys | 979 / 0 | 13 / 780 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Tiras alive today are over 46; half the Tirrells are over 38. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Tira and Tirrell.