Irie
#2,009 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Irie has been given to 3,382 babies in the U.S. since 1919. In 2025 it ranked #2,009 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 184 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.
Babies named Irie, 2025
1 in 34,900
Irie 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Irie over time
In 2025, Irie went to 82% girls and 18% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Irie?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 34,900
- 95 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 16,900
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,009
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 24,190 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Irie 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 24,190 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Irie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Iries were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Irie was born before 2016 — so the typical Irie is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 49.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 93.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 2,732
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 49.5% of all recorded uses (1,365).
Is Irie 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
- −359
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −390
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −705
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.52×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 51.6%
- Peak was 2015 (184)
- Years since peak
- 10
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.2% average annual change
Spellings of Irie
Irie is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 27.5% against Irie's 0.14%.
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 Irie is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Irie was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 4,348 girls, against 1 in 12,162 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Arizona1 in 4,348
- 2California1 in 5,263
- 3Utah1 in 5,882
- 4Florida1 in 8,333
- 5Nevada1 in 9,091
- 6Colorado1 in 11,111
- 7Washington1 in 11,111
- 8Texas1 in 16,667
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.
Where Irie is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Irie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 574,265 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Irie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Irie around the world
Where Irie 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.
- England & Wales2006–2025#2,605in 2025
- France2016–2021#7,187in 2021
- Canada2014–2024#2,463in 2024
- South Australia1998–2012#871in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Irie by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Irie
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Irie
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Irie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Irie
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.