Irie

Irie is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Irie are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 21%Female 79%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 21% male / 79% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 427 male / 1,642 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Irie

To address Irie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Irie," in English, "Guten Tag Irie," in German. About 21% of people named Irie are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Irie,

German

Guten Tag Irie,

French

Bonjour Irie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Irie:

Chinese

Irie您好：

Japanese

Irie様

English

Hi Irie,

German

Hi Irie,

French

Salut Irie,

Spanish

Hola Irie,

Chinese

Irie你好：

Japanese

Irieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Irie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	uncommon	woman's name	21%

United States birth data

427 male · 1,642 female · 2,069 births recorded

Male 21%Female 79%

Since 1980: 16% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Irie a male or female name?

Irie is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Irie are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Irie in an email?

Is Irie a unisex name?

Irie is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Irie are men. Irie leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Irie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/irie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_irie,
  title  = {Is Irie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/irie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}