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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Irie

Irie was the 2009th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 95 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1298th; the most babies were born in 2015 (184). Over the last ten years it has moved down 705 places. More babies were named Irie in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,009 girls, down 390 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
95girls
Girls and boys
85% girls, 15% boys2021–2025
Peak year
2015184 babies
Total since 1880
3,382babies recorded

Irie popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#2,009#4,7729521
2020#1,619#3,44912932
2010#2,279#6,1598414
2000#4,227#5,3952913
1990#11,918—6—
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1930#3,831—7—
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How popular is Irie, counting every spelling?

Irie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 95 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 95 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Irie95#2,009670

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Irie?

95 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Irie (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Irie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 88 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Irie.

Chance of another Irie in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inArizonaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Irie?

About 2,700 people born in the US named Irie are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 15. That makes Irie a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Irie by state

How common Irie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Arizona (2.8×), California (2.3×). In 36 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMI0.06New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesCA0.19Utah: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesUT0.17Colorado: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCO0.04Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.23New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesLA0.06Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesGA0.09Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesFL0.11
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Irie, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Irie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Irie, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Irie

How popular is the name Irie?

Irie was the 2009th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 95 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1298th; the most babies were born in 2015 (184). Over the last ten years it has moved down 705 places. More babies were named Irie in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Irie a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 85% girls, 15% boys given the name Irie in the US.

Where is Irie most popular?

In 2021–2025, Irie was most common in Arizona (0.23 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Utah.