girls:
2.5k births since 1919
#3446 (40th percentile)
boys:
572 births since 1915
#4014 (12th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1915
#4882 (37th percentile)
The name Irie is the #4,882 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,099 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 36.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,446 (39.7% percentile) for all time with 2,527 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #4,014 (12.4% percentile) for all time with 572 births since 1915.
Irie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1919 for girls). Birth data for Irie is available in 54 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (49 years for boys and 37 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Irie has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 87.0% of babies named Irie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for boys (85.8% boys from 1915 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (84.4% girls from 1982 to 2023).
For girls, Irie reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 18.7% percentile (ranked #781) with 94 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 98 births per million (ranked 18.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Irie ranks #811 for girls (14.4% percentile) with 81 births per million, which is 82.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Irie reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #874) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Irie ranks #895 for boys (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 66.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Irie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Irie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.6% confident that Irie is pronounced as AI-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-ree, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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