Irha

Irha was the #2,276 girls' name in the US in 2025 (80 babies), and #272 in England & Wales and #834 in Canada.

Irha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Irha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Irha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,276 (80)#272 (169)#359 (9)#413 (9)#834 (34)
2024#2,930 (56)#429 (100)#431 (7)#898 (3)#822 (35)
2023#3,181 (51)#444 (90)#630 (4)#727 (4)#789 (35)
2022#2,048 (94)#306 (145)#531 (5)#458 (8)#508 (57)
2021#2,958 (56)#537 (75)#485 (6)#517 (7)#898 (31)
2020#3,735 (39)#655 (57)#471 (6)—#1,087 (23)
2019#5,449 (23)#1,292 (25)——#1,683 (13)
2018#7,762 (14)#1,490 (21)—#896 (3)#2,892 (6)
2017#9,341 (11)#1,995 (14)——#3,307 (5)
2016#9,411 (11)#1,920 (15)——#2,040 (10)
2015#14,482 (6)#2,195 (12)——#2,891 (6)
2014#14,558 (6)#3,514 (6)———
2013—#5,742 (3)———
2012—#3,681 (6)———
2008—#4,524 (4)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,048.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2014.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Irha is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 40,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Irha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Irha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#52724

Irha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IrhaCanadaGirls#83434
IrhaEngland & WalesGirls#272169
IrhaIrelandGirls#4139
IrhaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IrhaScotlandGirls#3599
IrhaUSGirls#2,27680