Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Irie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Irie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,382
- 627 boys · 2,755 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 206 babies
- 2025
- 116
- #2,009 for girls · #4,772 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 15% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 95 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,009 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 184 in 2015. It also appeared in 21 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,115 as a first name in 2020; 261 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Irie’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Irie as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 入江.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Irie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Evie
“a birdlike woman” · “a birdlike man”
>99% girls
Elise
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Aylin
“having a moonlit halo”
1% boys · 99% girls
Adelaide
“noble” · “kind”
>99% girls
Adaline
“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”
>99% girls
Callie
“crowned with laurel” · “one who is slender”
>99% girls
Brynlee
“from the burnt meadow”
>99% girls
Briella
Briella is a feminine given name from Hebrew.
>99% girls