Irena

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births

Peak · girls
#560
1882 · 11 births
Debut · girls
1880
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,186
since 1880

Irena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Irena has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #560, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,23824
2024#4,20734
2023#5,54922
2022#5,46523
2021#4,83327
2020#4,35831
2019#5,04126
2018#4,23733
2017#4,57630
2016#4,63230
2015#4,48831
2014#5,62523
2013#5,48624
2012#4,83629
2011#5,06327
2010#5,77123
2009#7,06618
2008#7,07318
2007#7,73316
2006#8,23714
2005#5,80021
2004#5,96920
2003#6,29918
2002#5,44421
2001#6,61916
2000#5,31221
1999#5,03921
1998#4,63623
1997#4,37024
1996#4,73921
1995#4,84620
1994#5,01619
1993#4,10025
1992#3,77328
1991#4,80820
1990#7,30311
1989#6,95511
1988#4,65318
1987#3,85722
1986#4,72416
1985#4,63516
1984#4,73715
1983#3,43123
1982#3,64722
1981#6,32310
1980#4,97814
1979#4,23117
1978#5,95810
1977#4,65214
1976#3,96316
1975#3,15522
1974#3,86316
1973#3,23320
1972#3,54317
1971#3,26620
1970#3,20820
1969#3,61915
1968#3,16917
1967#2,96318
1966#3,55813
1965#3,05017
1964#3,87912
1963#3,80112
1962#4,26310
1961#3,60813
1960#4,18410
1959#3,25414
1958#3,23214
1957#3,30913
1956#3,04815
1955#2,72517
1954#3,71810
1953#2,69916
1952#5,5635
1951#2,81014
1950#3,9628
1949#3,17611
1948#4,6516
1947#3,7069
1946#2,88012
1945#4,0256
1944#2,62512
1943#3,8017
1942#2,41614
1941#3,9546
1940#3,2088
1939#4,2505
1938#3,1818
1937#2,44812
1936#2,8579
1935#2,30513
1934#2,9239
1933#3,1098
1932#2,64411
1931#2,9729
1930#2,55212
1929#1,95318
1928#2,09417
1927#2,55213
1926#2,70812
1925#2,48914
1924#2,30816
1923#2,73212
1922#2,78012
1921#3,4009
1920#1,75123
1919#1,34833
1918#1,60025
1917#1,50725
1916#1,68921
1915#1,80018
1914#1,44420
1913#1,76612
1912#1,71911
1911#1,9567
1910#1,6349
1909#1,15213
1908#1,26111
1907#1,8216
1906#1,10112
1905#1,16211
1904#1,2519
1903#1,2049
1902#1,07511
1901#1,00711
1900#1,17111
1899#98311
1898#1,09810
1897#1,0949
1896#1,2138
1895—
1894#1,4855
1893#95510
1892#1,0179
1891#79612
1890#87210
1889#1,0257
1888—
1887#7889
1886—
1885#8427
1884—
1883#6928
1882#56011
1881—
1880#6288
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.

See more about Irena
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#560 (1882)#756
1890s84#796 (1891)#1,057
1900s104#1,007 (1901)#1,221
1910s181#1,348 (1919)#1,646
1920s146#1,751 (1920)#2,477
1930s96#2,305 (1935)#2,924
1940s91#2,416 (1942)#3,444
1950s126#2,699 (1953)#3,432
1960s137#2,963 (1967)#3,609
1970s172#3,155 (1975)#3,907
1980s167#3,431 (1983)#4,794
1990s212#3,773 (1992)#4,863
2000s183#5,312 (2000)#6,555
2010s276#4,237 (2018)#4,976
2020s161#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 1899

girls
#983
11 births · 1 in 21,184 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #983Irena11
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 21,184 of them was named Irena, which outranked 46.6% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irena
  1. #935Vernice12
  2. #935Virgil12
  3. #935Zita12
  4. #983Irena11
  5. #983Adrienne11
  6. #983Alverda11
  7. #983Amber11
  8. #1,034Adelaida10
  9. #1,034Albertina10
  10. #1,034Angelita10

Tied with 50 names at #983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1899 →