Is Irene a boy or girl name?
Irene is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 461 girls and 0 boys were named Irene, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 356,354 US babies named Irene were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #638
- Babies named Irene since 1880
- 356,354
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 10,657 babies
Boys and girls named Irene, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 4,002 | 99.9% |
| 1890s | 51 | 13,621 | 99.6% |
| 1900s | 96 | 23,656 | 99.6% |
| 1910s | 194 | 68,968 | 99.7% |
| 1920s | 356 | 92,836 | 99.6% |
| 1930s | 250 | 44,448 | 99.4% |
| 1940s | 146 | 31,822 | 99.5% |
| 1950s | 102 | 26,978 | 99.6% |
| 1960s | 48 | 15,446 | 99.7% |
| 1970s | 36 | 8,289 | 99.6% |
| 1980s | 55 | 7,103 | 99.2% |
| 1990s | 6 | 5,968 | 99.9% |
| 2000s | 0 | 5,148 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,465 | 100% |
| 2020s | 5 | 2,254 | 99.8% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 461 | #638 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,954 | 435 | #675 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 448 | #661 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 438 | #674 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 472 | #620 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 469 | #633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 466 | #639 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 508 | #588 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 444 | #659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 453 | #629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 432 | #663 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 439 | #644 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 437 | #651 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 406 | #692 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 411 | #693 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 483 | #625 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 483 | #638 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 467 | #636 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 495 | #590 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 491 | #580 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 531 | #535 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 475 | #581 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 545 | #505 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 573 | #487 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 605 | #459 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 555 | #474 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 521 | #488 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 595 | #431 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 614 | #415 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 610 | #426 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,159 | 598 | #419 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 546 | #458 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 592 | #426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 651 | #392 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 686 | #385 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,393 | 637 | #390 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 641 | #376 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 654 | #362 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,054 | 596 | #387 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,873 | 668 | #353 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,192 | 736 | #320 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,674 | 749 | #307 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,260 | 773 | #315 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,793 | 799 | #304 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,283 | 850 | #291 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 799 | #298 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 708 | #323 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,410 | 760 | #313 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,957 | 773 | #295 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 723 | #315 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,350 | 846 | #285 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,746 | 847 | #287 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,162 | 792 | #307 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 970 | #290 |
| 1970 | 5 | #5,033 | 1,071 | #275 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 1,108 | #262 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,496 | 1,173 | #238 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 1,196 | #240 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 1,286 | #235 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 1,555 | #211 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,140 | 1,663 | #210 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,172 | 1,760 | #201 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,934 | 1,760 | #205 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,210 | 1,911 | #193 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,200 | 2,034 | #187 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,772 | 2,099 | #179 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,917 | 2,151 | #175 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,909 | 2,261 | #169 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,074 | 2,341 | #159 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,665 | 2,433 | #147 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,998 | 2,656 | #140 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,341 | 2,800 | #127 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,432 | 3,018 | #121 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,203 | 3,394 | #105 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,069 | 3,825 | #92 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,889 | 2,955 | #111 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,065 | 3,043 | #111 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,304 | 3,293 | #107 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,986 | 3,116 | #102 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,317 | 2,883 | #97 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,603 | 3,086 | #91 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,642 | 3,299 | #85 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,652 | 3,383 | #80 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,133 | 3,370 | #74 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,263 | 3,394 | #73 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,113 | 3,331 | #74 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,858 | 3,555 | #71 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,321 | 3,674 | #62 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,282 | 3,817 | #57 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,518 | 3,940 | #52 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,480 | 4,346 | #49 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,040 | 4,506 | #46 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,620 | 5,200 | #43 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,265 | 5,616 | #37 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,145 | 6,463 | #33 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,065 | 7,039 | #29 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,069 | 7,731 | #28 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,188 | 8,607 | #21 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,103 | 9,169 | #21 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,290 | 9,440 | #19 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,395 | 9,928 | #18 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,185 | 10,053 | #17 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,188 | 10,173 | #17 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,281 | 10,624 | #18 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,569 | 10,072 | #17 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,241 | 9,712 | #16 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,627 | 9,774 | #16 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,415 | 9,163 | #17 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,398 | 9,035 | #17 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,832 | 8,323 | #17 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,731 | 6,197 | #22 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,627 | 5,335 | #21 |
| 1912 | 27 | #865 | 4,646 | #22 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,333 | 3,502 | #21 |
| 1910 | 12 | #956 | 3,281 | #21 |
| 1909 | 11 | #923 | 2,961 | #20 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,065 | 2,732 | #23 |
| 1907 | 16 | #647 | 2,617 | #22 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,183 | 2,423 | #20 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,164 | 2,357 | #24 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,017 | 2,212 | #26 |
| 1903 | 8 | #876 | 2,001 | #28 |
| 1902 | 11 | #712 | 2,210 | #26 |
| 1901 | 14 | #543 | 1,879 | #30 |
| 1900 | 9 | #940 | 2,264 | #31 |
| 1899 | 9 | #751 | 1,703 | #34 |
| 1898 | 9 | #779 | 1,902 | #34 |
| 1897 | 10 | #704 | 1,587 | #38 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 1,593 | #41 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,168 | 1,428 | #43 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,164 | 1,347 | #43 |
| 1893 | 6 | #965 | 1,111 | #51 |
| 1892 | 7 | #904 | 1,107 | #51 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 950 | #52 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 893 | #60 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 737 | #63 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,103 | 722 | #66 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 504 | #73 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 437 | #78 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 376 | #82 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 324 | #95 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 260 | #100 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 232 | #104 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 206 | #102 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 204 | #102 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Irene reached #543 in 1901. As a girl name, it reached #16 in 1918. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Irene
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.