Is Jireh a boy or girl name?

Jireh is a unisex name. Of the 3,202 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 40.7% were girls and 59.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2017, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Jireh

Recorded 1987–2025 · United States

Jireh was most popular in 2023, when 410 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,355 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,433, with 378 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,202 people named Jireh.

Jireh over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jireh’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jireh a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jireh is a unisex name — 40.7% of the 3,202 Americans given it were girls and 59.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2017 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 34% girls and 66% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jireh

Where Jireh is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org