Irena
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,186since 1880
Irena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Irena has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,507 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Irena was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,031 spots since 2024 (#4,207 → #5,238)
- 880 spots since 2020 (#4,358 → #5,238)
- 750 spots since 2015 (#4,488 → #5,238)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1890 (#1,025 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 530 spots in 1894 (#955 → #1,485)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #560 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1882–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,804
- Highest: 1 in 9,804 girls born in 1882 were named Irena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 12.6% of all girls named Irena (276) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #560 (1882) | #756 |
| 1890s | 84 | #796 (1891) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 104 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,221 |
| 1910s | 181 | #1,348 (1919) | #1,646 |
| 1920s | 146 | #1,751 (1920) | #2,477 |
| 1930s | 96 | #2,305 (1935) | #2,924 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,416 (1942) | #3,444 |
| 1950s | 126 | #2,699 (1953) | #3,432 |
| 1960s | 137 | #2,963 (1967) | #3,609 |
| 1970s | 172 | #3,155 (1975) | #3,907 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,431 (1983) | #4,794 |
| 1990s | 212 | #3,773 (1992) | #4,863 |
| 2000s | 183 | #5,312 (2000) | #6,555 |
| 2010s | 276 | #4,237 (2018) | #4,976 |
| 2020s | 161 | #4,207 (2024) | #4,942 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Irena in 1890
girls
#872
10 births · 1 in 19,038 girls
Top girls' names in 1890
More about 1890
girls
190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 19,038 of them was named Irena, which outranked 43.2% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).