Irha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 169 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
169
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#272
169 babies · up from #429

Irha by the numbers

In 2025, 169 babies in England and Wales were named Irha. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Irha

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Irha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Irawatchful, vigilant339 in the US (2017)
  • Ishadesire; wish; one who seeks53 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Irmawhole or universal70 in the US (2017)
  • Iriapeace; form of Irene4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Irsa13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Irhaa8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Irha

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