Irene
Rank in 2025
#651
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
442
girls 442
Peak year
1916
9,035 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
356,812
since 1880
Born an Irene? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Irene was most popular in 1916, when 9,035 babies recorded as girls got the name (8.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 442 babies were named Irene, ranking #651 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 442 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 465 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 435 | 675 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 448 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 438 | 674 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 472 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 469 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 466 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 508 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 444 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 453 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 432 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 439 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 437 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 406 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 411 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 484 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 483 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 468 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 496 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 491 | 580 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 531 | 536 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 475 | 581 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 546 | 504 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 573 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 606 | 459 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 555 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 522 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 595 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 614 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 610 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 598 | 418 | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | 546 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 592 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 651 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 686 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 637 | 390 | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | 641 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 654 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 596 | 387 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 669 | 352 | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | 736 | 320 | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | 749 | 307 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 773 | 315 | 7 | 5003 |
| 1981 | 799 | 304 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 850 | 291 | 9 | 4134 |
| 1979 | 798 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 708 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 760 | 313 | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | 773 | 295 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 723 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 846 | 285 | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | 847 | 286 | 6 | 4505 |
| 1972 | 792 | 307 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 970 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,072 | 275 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 1,108 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,173 | 238 | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | 1,196 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,287 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,556 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,663 | 210 | 8 | 3050 |
| 1963 | 1,761 | 201 | 8 | 3044 |
| 1962 | 1,760 | 205 | 9 | 2848 |
| 1961 | 1,912 | 193 | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | 2,035 | 187 | 8 | 3077 |
| 1959 | 2,098 | 179 | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | 2,152 | 175 | 9 | 2818 |
| 1957 | 2,260 | 169 | 9 | 2822 |
| 1956 | 2,341 | 159 | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | 2,433 | 147 | 10 | 2558 |
| 1954 | 2,656 | 140 | 16 | 1956 |
| 1953 | 2,800 | 127 | 12 | 2287 |
| 1952 | 3,018 | 121 | 11 | 2376 |
| 1951 | 3,395 | 105 | 7 | 3066 |
| 1950 | 3,825 | 92 | 14 | 2019 |
| 1949 | 2,955 | 111 | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | 3,043 | 111 | 14 | 2027 |
| 1947 | 3,293 | 107 | 12 | 2251 |
| 1946 | 3,115 | 102 | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | 2,883 | 97 | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | 3,087 | 91 | 19 | 1574 |
| 1943 | 3,299 | 85 | 9 | 2563 |
| 1942 | 3,383 | 80 | 19 | 1629 |
| 1941 | 3,370 | 74 | 12 | 2083 |
| 1940 | 3,394 | 73 | 29 | 1251 |
| 1939 | 3,331 | 74 | 12 | 2050 |
| 1938 | 3,554 | 72 | 15 | 1818 |
| 1937 | 3,674 | 62 | 26 | 1313 |
| 1936 | 3,817 | 57 | 27 | 1271 |
| 1935 | 3,940 | 52 | 21 | 1494 |
| 1934 | 4,346 | 49 | 22 | 1461 |
| 1933 | 4,506 | 46 | 39 | 1028 |
| 1932 | 5,200 | 43 | 20 | 1584 |
| 1931 | 5,616 | 37 | 30 | 1253 |
| 1930 | 6,464 | 33 | 38 | 1132 |
| 1929 | 7,039 | 29 | 42 | 1055 |
| 1928 | 7,731 | 28 | 43 | 1057 |
| 1927 | 8,606 | 21 | 37 | 1178 |
| 1926 | 9,169 | 21 | 42 | 1092 |
| 1925 | 9,440 | 19 | 32 | 1279 |
| 1924 | 9,928 | 18 | 29 | 1380 |
| 1923 | 10,054 | 17 | 37 | 1177 |
| 1922 | 10,173 | 17 | 37 | 1181 |
| 1921 | 10,624 | 18 | 33 | 1267 |
| 1920 | 10,072 | 17 | 24 | 1543 |
| 1919 | 9,712 | 16 | 33 | 1230 |
| 1918 | 9,774 | 16 | 22 | 1596 |
| 1917 | 9,163 | 17 | 25 | 1396 |
| 1916 | 9,035 | 17 | 25 | 1374 |
| 1915 | 8,323 | 17 | 16 | 1782 |
| 1914 | 6,197 | 22 | 14 | 1687 |
| 1913 | 5,335 | 21 | 12 | 1580 |
| 1912 | 4,646 | 22 | 27 | 854 |
| 1911 | 3,502 | 21 | 8 | 1290 |
| 1910 | 3,281 | 21 | 12 | 928 |
| 1909 | 2,961 | 20 | 11 | 893 |
| 1908 | 2,732 | 23 | 8 | 1021 |
| 1907 | 2,617 | 22 | 16 | 634 |
| 1906 | 2,423 | 20 | 6 | 1111 |
| 1905 | 2,357 | 24 | 6 | 1091 |
| 1904 | 2,212 | 26 | 7 | 966 |
| 1903 | 2,001 | 28 | 8 | 846 |
| 1902 | 2,210 | 26 | 11 | 687 |
| 1901 | 1,879 | 30 | 14 | 536 |
| 1900 | 2,264 | 31 | 9 | 902 |
| 1899 | 1,703 | 34 | 9 | 714 |
| 1898 | 1,902 | 34 | 9 | 744 |
| 1897 | 1,587 | 38 | 10 | 681 |
| 1896 | 1,593 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 1,428 | 43 | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | 1,347 | 43 | 5 | 1074 |
| 1893 | 1,111 | 51 | 6 | 907 |
| 1892 | 1,107 | 51 | 7 | 861 |
| 1891 | 950 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 893 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 737 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 722 | 66 | 5 | 1031 |
| 1887 | 504 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 437 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 376 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 324 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 260 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 232 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 206 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 204 | 102 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years