Irene remains a common girls' name (#651 in 2025), down from a peak of #16 in 1918.
Irene is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #651 for girl births in the United States (and #1,281 across all names), given to 442 babies. Irene was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (10,624 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 442 | 442 | #651 | — |
| 2024 | 465 | 465 | #635 | — |
| 2023 | 440 | 440 | #675 | #12,962 |
| 2022 | 448 | 448 | #661 | — |
| 2021 | 438 | 438 | #674 | — |
| 2020 | 472 | 472 | #620 | — |
| 2019 | 469 | 469 | #633 | — |
| 2018 | 466 | 466 | #639 | — |
| 2017 | 508 | 513 | #588 | — |
| 2016 | 444 | 449 | #659 | — |
| 2015 | 453 | 453 | #629 | — |
| 2014 | 432 | 432 | #663 | — |
| 2013 | 439 | 439 | #644 | — |
| 2012 | 437 | 437 | #652 | — |
| 2011 | 406 | 406 | #692 | — |
| 2010 | 411 | 416 | #695 | — |
| 2009 | 484 | 484 | #625 | — |
| 2008 | 483 | 483 | #638 | — |
| 2007 | 468 | 475 | #636 | — |
| 2006 | 496 | 496 | #588 | — |
| 2005 | 491 | 496 | #580 | — |
| 2004 | 531 | 531 | #536 | — |
| 2003 | 475 | 475 | #581 | — |
| 2002 | 546 | 546 | #504 | — |
| 2001 | 573 | 580 | #487 | — |
| 2000 | 606 | 612 | #459 | — |
| 1999 | 555 | 562 | #474 | — |
| 1998 | 522 | 528 | #487 | — |
| 1997 | 595 | — | #431 | — |
| 1996 | 614 | — | #415 | — |
| 1995 | 610 | — | #426 | — |
| 1994 | 604 | — | #419 | #8,160 |
| 1993 | 546 | — | #458 | — |
| 1992 | 592 | — | #426 | — |
| 1991 | 651 | — | #392 | — |
| 1990 | 686 | — | #385 | — |
| 1989 | 642 | — | #390 | #8,393 |
| 1988 | 641 | — | #376 | — |
| 1987 | 654 | — | #362 | — |
| 1986 | 604 | — | #387 | #5,053 |
| 1985 | 677 | — | #352 | #4,873 |
| 1984 | 743 | — | #320 | #5,194 |
| 1983 | 754 | — | #307 | #6,674 |
| 1982 | 780 | — | #315 | #5,260 |
| 1981 | 805 | — | #304 | #5,793 |
| 1980 | 859 | — | #291 | #4,283 |
| 1979 | 798 | — | #298 | — |
| 1978 | 708 | — | #323 | — |
| 1977 | 766 | — | #313 | #5,410 |
| 1976 | 778 | — | #295 | #5,957 |
| 1975 | 723 | — | #315 | — |
| 1974 | 853 | — | #285 | #4,349 |
| 1973 | 853 | — | #287 | #4,746 |
| 1972 | 799 | — | #307 | #4,162 |
| 1971 | 970 | — | #290 | — |
| 1970 | 1,077 | — | #275 | #5,034 |
| 1969 | 1,108 | — | #262 | — |
| 1968 | 1,180 | — | #238 | #3,496 |
| 1967 | 1,196 | — | #240 | — |
| 1966 | 1,287 | — | #235 | — |
| 1965 | 1,556 | — | #211 | — |
| 1964 | 1,671 | — | #210 | #3,141 |
| 1963 | 1,769 | — | #201 | #3,170 |
| 1962 | 1,769 | — | #205 | #2,933 |
| 1961 | 1,920 | — | #193 | #3,213 |
| 1960 | 2,043 | — | #187 | #3,199 |
| 1959 | 2,104 | — | #179 | #3,772 |
| 1958 | 2,161 | — | #175 | #2,916 |
| 1957 | 2,269 | — | #169 | #2,909 |
| 1956 | 2,349 | — | #159 | #3,074 |
| 1955 | 2,443 | — | #147 | #2,666 |
| 1954 | 2,672 | — | #140 | #1,998 |
| 1953 | 2,812 | — | #127 | #2,341 |
| 1952 | 3,029 | — | #121 | #2,432 |
| 1951 | 3,402 | — | #105 | #3,202 |
| 1950 | 3,839 | — | #92 | #2,069 |
| 1949 | 2,963 | — | #111 | #2,889 |
| 1948 | 3,057 | — | #111 | #2,065 |
| 1947 | 3,305 | — | #107 | #2,304 |
| 1946 | 3,129 | — | #102 | #1,986 |
| 1945 | 2,893 | — | #97 | #2,317 |
| 1944 | 3,106 | — | #91 | #1,603 |
| 1943 | 3,308 | — | #85 | #2,642 |
| 1942 | 3,402 | — | #80 | #1,652 |
| 1941 | 3,382 | — | #74 | #2,133 |
| 1940 | 3,423 | — | #73 | #1,263 |
| 1939 | 3,343 | — | #74 | #2,113 |
| 1938 | 3,569 | — | #72 | #1,858 |
| 1937 | 3,700 | — | #62 | #1,321 |
| 1936 | 3,844 | — | #57 | #1,282 |
| 1935 | 3,961 | — | #52 | #1,518 |
| 1934 | 4,368 | — | #49 | #1,480 |
| 1933 | 4,545 | — | #46 | #1,039 |
| 1932 | 5,220 | — | #43 | #1,620 |
| 1931 | 5,646 | — | #37 | #1,265 |
| 1930 | 6,502 | — | #33 | #1,145 |
| 1929 | 7,081 | — | #29 | #1,065 |
| 1928 | 7,774 | — | #28 | #1,069 |
| 1927 | 8,643 | — | #21 | #1,188 |
| 1926 | 9,211 | — | #21 | #1,103 |
| 1925 | 9,472 | — | #19 | #1,290 |
| 1924 | 9,957 | — | #18 | #1,395 |
| 1923 | 10,091 | — | #17 | #1,185 |
| 1922 | 10,210 | — | #17 | #1,188 |
| 1921 | 10,657 | — | #18 | #1,281 |
| 1920 | 10,096 | — | #17 | #1,569 |
| 1919 | 9,745 | — | #16 | #1,241 |
| 1918 | 9,796 | — | #16 | #1,627 |
| 1917 | 9,188 | — | #17 | #1,415 |
| 1916 | 9,060 | — | #17 | #1,398 |
| 1915 | 8,339 | — | #17 | #1,832 |
| 1914 | 6,211 | — | #22 | #1,731 |
| 1913 | 5,347 | — | #21 | #1,627 |
| 1912 | 4,673 | — | #22 | #865 |
| 1911 | 3,510 | — | #21 | #1,333 |
| 1910 | 3,293 | — | #21 | #956 |
| 1909 | 2,972 | — | #20 | #923 |
| 1908 | 2,740 | — | #23 | #1,065 |
| 1907 | 2,633 | — | #22 | #647 |
| 1906 | 2,429 | — | #20 | #1,183 |
| 1905 | 2,363 | — | #24 | #1,164 |
| 1904 | 2,219 | — | #26 | #1,017 |
| 1903 | 2,009 | — | #28 | #876 |
| 1902 | 2,221 | — | #26 | #712 |
| 1901 | 1,893 | — | #30 | #543 |
| 1900 | 2,273 | — | #31 | #940 |
| 1899 | 1,712 | — | #34 | #751 |
| 1898 | 1,911 | — | #34 | #779 |
| 1897 | 1,597 | — | #38 | #704 |
| 1896 | 1,593 | — | #41 | — |
| 1895 | 1,433 | — | #43 | #1,168 |
| 1894 | 1,352 | — | #43 | #1,164 |
| 1893 | 1,117 | — | #51 | #965 |
| 1892 | 1,114 | — | #51 | #904 |
| 1891 | 950 | — | #52 | — |
| 1890 | 893 | — | #60 | — |
| 1889 | 737 | — | #63 | — |
| 1888 | 727 | — | #66 | #1,103 |
| 1887 | 504 | — | #73 | — |
| 1886 | 437 | — | #78 | — |
| 1885 | 376 | — | #82 | — |
| 1884 | 324 | — | #95 | — |
| 1883 | 260 | — | #100 | — |
| 1882 | 232 | — | #104 | — |
| 1881 | 206 | — | #102 | — |
| 1880 | 204 | — | #102 | — |