Ira

• Same eraAlvinLike Ira, it was given most in the 1920s.#838 · steady
• Same rhythmTeddySame beat as Ira: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#819 · rising
• ShorterDaneOne syllable to Ira's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#819 · steady
• LongerAlbertoThree syllables to Ira's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#819 · steady
• RiskyIsaOne letter away from Ira. You'll call the wrong one for years.#929 · rising

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.