Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Irene

#108 most common girls' name of all time · #206 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#108
Rank overall
#206 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
356,812
Since 2016
4,592
Peak year
1921 #18
Best rank
#16 1918
Girls Boys peak 10,657/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Irene is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 442 442 #651
2024 465 465 #635
2023 435 5 440 #675
2022 448 448 #661
2021 438 438 #674
2020 472 472 #618
2019 469 469 #633
2018 466 466 #640
2017 508 508 #588
2016 444 444 #658
2015 453 453 #629
2014 432 432 #663
2013 439 439 #643
2012 437 437 #653
2011 406 406 #692
2010 411 411 #695
2009 484 484 #624
2008 483 483 #638
2007 468 468 #636
2006 496 496 #588
2005 491 491 #580
2004 531 531 #536
2003 475 475 #581
2002 546 546 #504
2001 573 573 #487
2000 606 606 #459
1999 555 555 #473
1998 522 522 #487
1997 595 595 #431
1996 614 614 #415
1995 610 610 #426
1994 598 6 604 #418
1993 546 546 #457
1992 592 592 #426
1991 651 651 #392
1990 686 686 #385
1989 637 5 642 #390
1988 641 641 #376
1987 654 654 #362
1986 596 8 604 #387
1985 669 8 677 #352
1984 736 7 743 #320
1983 749 5 754 #307
1982 773 7 780 #315
1981 799 6 805 #304
1980 850 9 859 #291
1979 798 798 #298
1978 708 708 #324
1977 760 6 766 #313
1976 773 5 778 #295
1975 723 723 #314
1974 846 7 853 #285
1973 847 6 853 #286
1972 792 7 799 #307
1971 970 970 #290
1970 1,072 5 1,077 #275
1969 1,108 1,108 #261
1968 1,173 7 1,180 #238
1967 1,196 1,196 #240
1966 1,287 1,287 #235
1965 1,556 1,556 #211
1964 1,663 8 1,671 #210
1963 1,761 8 1,769 #201
1962 1,760 9 1,769 #205
1961 1,912 8 1,920 #193
1960 2,035 8 2,043 #187
1959 2,098 6 2,104 #179
1958 2,152 9 2,161 #175
1957 2,260 9 2,269 #169
1956 2,341 8 2,349 #159
1955 2,433 10 2,443 #147
1954 2,656 16 2,672 #140
1953 2,800 12 2,812 #127
1952 3,018 11 3,029 #121
1951 3,395 7 3,402 #105
1950 3,825 14 3,839 #92
1949 2,955 8 2,963 #111
1948 3,043 14 3,057 #111
1947 3,293 12 3,305 #107
1946 3,115 14 3,129 #102
1945 2,883 10 2,893 #97
1944 3,087 19 3,106 #91
1943 3,299 9 3,308 #85
1942 3,383 19 3,402 #80
1941 3,370 12 3,382 #74
1940 3,394 29 3,423 #73
1939 3,331 12 3,343 #74
1938 3,554 15 3,569 #72
1937 3,674 26 3,700 #62
1936 3,817 27 3,844 #57
1935 3,940 21 3,961 #52
1934 4,346 22 4,368 #49
1933 4,506 39 4,545 #46
1932 5,200 20 5,220 #43
1931 5,616 30 5,646 #37
1930 6,464 38 6,502 #33
1929 7,039 42 7,081 #29
1928 7,731 43 7,774 #28
1927 8,606 37 8,643 #21
1926 9,169 42 9,211 #21
1925 9,440 32 9,472 #19
1924 9,928 29 9,957 #18
1923 10,054 37 10,091 #17
1922 10,173 37 10,210 #17
1921 10,624 33 10,657 #18
1920 10,072 24 10,096 #17
1919 9,712 33 9,745 #16
1918 9,774 22 9,796 #16
1917 9,163 25 9,188 #17
1916 9,035 25 9,060 #17
1915 8,323 16 8,339 #17
1914 6,197 14 6,211 #22
1913 5,335 12 5,347 #21
1912 4,646 27 4,673 #22
1911 3,502 8 3,510 #21
1910 3,281 12 3,293 #21
1909 2,961 11 2,972 #20
1908 2,732 8 2,740 #23
1907 2,617 16 2,633 #22
1906 2,423 6 2,429 #20
1905 2,357 6 2,363 #24
1904 2,212 7 2,219 #26
1903 2,001 8 2,009 #28
1902 2,210 11 2,221 #26
1901 1,879 14 1,893 #30
1900 2,264 9 2,273 #31
1899 1,703 9 1,712 #34
1898 1,902 9 1,911 #34
1897 1,587 10 1,597 #38
1896 1,593 1,593 #41
1895 1,428 5 1,433 #43
1894 1,347 5 1,352 #43
1893 1,111 6 1,117 #51
1892 1,107 7 1,114 #51
1891 950 950 #52
1890 893 893 #60
1889 737 737 #63
1888 722 5 727 #66
1887 504 504 #72
1886 437 437 #78
1885 376 376 #82
1884 324 324 #95
1883 260 260 #99
1882 232 232 #104
1881 206 206 #102
1880 204 204 #102