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Irelia

Gender
Girl
Say it
eye-REL-ee-ah
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#6,324 for girls

Irelia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).

What does Irelia mean?

Modern: modern coinage of uncertain origin

Shares its name with Irelia, a playable champion in the video game League of Legends.

Is Irelia a girl's or a boy's name?

Irelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Irelia in the US?

Rank in 2025
6,324th among girls
Babies in 2025
18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 280% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Irelia, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2015.

Half of all the girls named Irelia in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2015Busiest: 22 in 20222025
Irelia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202518#6,324
202417#6,639
202322#5,544
202222#5,635
202113#8,019
20208#11,085
20197#12,442
20180–
20170–
20165#16,210
20159#10,861

Names like Irelia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Analeia, Cataleya, Analia, Magnolia, Avianna, Amaria, Daleyza, Amoura, Marigold, Aria, Alaia, Octavia

Names related to Irelia

Ireoluwa, Arelia, Iriel

More Modern names

Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya

Every Modern name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Irelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irelia, updated 20 October 2026.