Irelynn
#3,603 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Irelynn has been given to 1,740 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #3,603 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 111 recorded.
Babies named Irelynn, 2025
1 in 78,900
Irelynn over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Irelynn?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 78,900
- 42 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 38,300
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #3,603
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 54,713 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Irelynn sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Irelynn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Irelynns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Irelynn was born before 2014 — so the typical Irelynn is around 11 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 51.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 98.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,740
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (891).
Is Irelynn rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −249
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,274
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,615
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.42×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 37.8%
- Peak was 2008 (111)
- Years since peak
- 17
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 24.7% average annual change
Spellings of Irelynn
Irelynn is not the most common spelling — Raelynn is, with 28.4% against Irelynn's 1.4%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Irelynn is used
Across 2016–2025, Irelynn was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 40,560 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Ohio1 in 16,667
- 2Pennsylvania1 in 16,667
- 3Iowa1 in 25,000
- 4Michigan1 in 25,000
- 5Tennessee1 in 25,000
- 6California1 in 33,333
- 7Arizona1 in 50,000
- 8Florida1 in 50,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Irelynn around the world
Where Irelynn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada2002–2024#3,027in 2024
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Irelynn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Irelynn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Irelynn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.