boy's name
Rí
- Gender Boy
- Letters 2
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 47
Ireland
#473
2025 births
Rí is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in Ireland, ranking #473. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2022, when 10 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 6,408 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2017.
Rí over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 10 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 37 |
How popular is Rí?
In 2025, Rí was given to 7 babies in Ireland, ranking #473 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.
How Rí is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Ri | Ri is Rí without the fada, and the spelling recorded in Ireland, where it ranks #731. | 3 |
Names that peaked alongside Rí
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Rí also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Rí over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Rí in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Ri
Sibling names for Rí
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Rí — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Rí
Is Rí a girl's or a boy's name?
Rí is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Rí most popular?
Rí peaked in 2022, when 10 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Rí a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Rí currently ranks #473 in Ireland. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.