Irina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- i-REE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,631 for girls
Irina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 1,631st for girls in the US (127 babies).
What does Irina mean?
Greek: Russian and Romanian form of Irene
“peace”
The Russian and Romanian form of Irene, from the Greek word for peace.
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Is Irina a girl's or a boy's name?
Irina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 127 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Irina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Irina, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Irina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Irina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Irina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,631among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 127about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 127 girls in the US were named Irina, making it the 1,631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 136 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Irina in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Irina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,631 |
| 2024 | 136 | #1,559 |
| 2023 | 131 | #1,595 |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,742 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,991 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,655 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 98 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
Nicknames for Irina
- Ira 42 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Irina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Irina
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Irina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irina, updated 20 October 2026.