Irene
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Irene is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 651st for girls in the US (442 babies).
What does Irene mean?
Greek: from Greek Eirene
“peace”
Eirene was the Greek goddess of peace; Empress Irene later ruled the Byzantine Empire in her own right.
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Is Irene a girl's or a boy's name?
Irene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 442 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Irene in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Irene, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 37 girls.
Half of all the girls named Irene in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#39), 1914 (#21), 1924 (#8), 1934 (#24), 1944 (#34) and 1954 (#66).
Irene in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Irene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #651among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 442about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 442 girls in the US were named Irene, making it the 651st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 618th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 10,624 girls.
Half of all the girls named Irene in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Irene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 442 | #651 |
| 2024 | 465 | #635 |
| 2023 | 435 | #675 |
| 2022 | 448 | #661 |
| 2021 | 438 | #674 |
| 2020 | 472 | #618 |
| 2019 | 469 | #633 |
| 2018 | 466 | #639 |
| 2017 | 508 | #588 |
| 2016 | 444 | #658 |
| 2015 | 453 | #629 |
| 2014 | 432 | #663 |
| 2013 | 439 | #643 |
| 2012 | 437 | #651 |
| 2011 | 406 | #692 |
| 2010 | 411 | #695 |
| 2009 | 484 | #624 |
| 2008 | 483 | #638 |
| 2007 | 468 | #635 |
| 2006 | 496 | #588 |
| 2005 | 491 | #580 |
| 2004 | 531 | #536 |
| 2003 | 475 | #581 |
| 2002 | 546 | #504 |
| 2001 | 573 | #487 |
| 2000 | 606 | #459 |
| 1999 | 555 | #473 |
| 1998 | 522 | #487 |
| 1997 | 595 | #431 |
| 1996 | 614 | #415 |
| 1995 | 610 | #426 |
| 1994 | 598 | #418 |
| 1993 | 546 | #457 |
| 1992 | 592 | #426 |
| 1991 | 651 | #392 |
| 1990 | 686 | #385 |
| 1989 | 637 | #390 |
| 1988 | 641 | #376 |
| 1987 | 654 | #362 |
| 1986 | 596 | #387 |
| 1985 | 669 | #352 |
| 1984 | 736 | #320 |
| 1983 | 749 | #307 |
| 1982 | 773 | #315 |
| 1981 | 799 | #304 |
| 1980 | 850 | #291 |
| 1979 | 798 | #298 |
| 1978 | 708 | #323 |
| 1977 | 760 | #313 |
| 1976 | 773 | #295 |
| 1975 | 723 | #314 |
| 1974 | 846 | #285 |
| 1973 | 847 | #286 |
| 1972 | 792 | #307 |
| 1971 | 970 | #289 |
| 1970 | 1,072 | #275 |
| 1969 | 1,108 | #261 |
| 1968 | 1,173 | #238 |
| 1967 | 1,196 | #240 |
| 1966 | 1,287 | #235 |
| 1965 | 1,556 | #211 |
| 1964 | 1,663 | #210 |
| 1963 | 1,761 | #201 |
| 1962 | 1,760 | #205 |
| 1961 | 1,912 | #193 |
| 1960 | 2,035 | #187 |
| 1959 | 2,098 | #179 |
| 1958 | 2,152 | #175 |
| 1957 | 2,260 | #169 |
| 1956 | 2,341 | #159 |
| 1955 | 2,433 | #147 |
| 1954 | 2,656 | #140 |
| 1953 | 2,800 | #127 |
| 1952 | 3,018 | #121 |
| 1951 | 3,395 | #105 |
| 1950 | 3,825 | #92 |
| 1949 | 2,955 | #111 |
| 1948 | 3,043 | #111 |
| 1947 | 3,293 | #107 |
| 1946 | 3,115 | #102 |
| 1945 | 2,883 | #97 |
| 1944 | 3,087 | #91 |
| 1943 | 3,299 | #85 |
| 1942 | 3,383 | #80 |
| 1941 | 3,370 | #74 |
| 1940 | 3,394 | #73 |
| 1939 | 3,331 | #74 |
| 1938 | 3,554 | #72 |
| 1937 | 3,674 | #62 |
| 1936 | 3,817 | #57 |
| 1935 | 3,940 | #52 |
| 1934 | 4,346 | #49 |
| 1933 | 4,506 | #46 |
| 1932 | 5,200 | #43 |
| 1931 | 5,616 | #37 |
| 1930 | 6,464 | #33 |
| 1929 | 7,039 | #29 |
| 1928 | 7,731 | #28 |
| 1927 | 8,606 | #21 |
| 1926 | 9,169 | #21 |
| 1925 | 9,440 | #19 |
| 1924 | 9,928 | #18 |
| 1923 | 10,054 | #17 |
| 1922 | 10,173 | #17 |
| 1921 | 10,624 | #18 |
| 1920 | 10,072 | #17 |
| 1919 | 9,712 | #16 |
| 1918 | 9,774 | #16 |
| 1917 | 9,163 | #17 |
| 1916 | 9,035 | #17 |
| 1915 | 8,323 | #17 |
| 1914 | 6,197 | #22 |
| 1913 | 5,335 | #21 |
| 1912 | 4,646 | #22 |
| 1911 | 3,502 | #21 |
| 1910 | 3,281 | #21 |
| 1909 | 2,961 | #20 |
| 1908 | 2,732 | #23 |
| 1907 | 2,617 | #22 |
| 1906 | 2,423 | #20 |
| 1905 | 2,357 | #24 |
| 1904 | 2,212 | #26 |
| 1903 | 2,001 | #28 |
| 1902 | 2,210 | #26 |
| 1901 | 1,879 | #30 |
| 1900 | 2,264 | #31 |
| 1899 | 1,703 | #34 |
| 1898 | 1,902 | #34 |
| 1897 | 1,587 | #38 |
| 1896 | 1,593 | #41 |
| 1895 | 1,428 | #43 |
| 1894 | 1,347 | #43 |
| 1893 | 1,111 | #51 |
| 1892 | 1,107 | #51 |
| 1891 | 950 | #52 |
| 1890 | 893 | #60 |
| 1889 | 737 | #63 |
| 1888 | 722 | #66 |
| 1887 | 504 | #72 |
| 1886 | 437 | #78 |
| 1885 | 376 | #82 |
| 1884 | 324 | #95 |
| 1883 | 260 | #99 |
| 1882 | 232 | #104 |
| 1881 | 206 | #102 |
| 1880 | 204 | #102 |
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