Irene Name Popularity

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How popular is Irene?

Ranking 637th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Irene is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 16, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1918 and as recently as 1919.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1921 with 10,624 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Irene was 204 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Irene occurred roughly during the years 1883-1900, and 1903-1916, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1930-1935, 1942-1945, and 1968-1972.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Irene be?

The popularity trend for Irene has remained mostly unchanged for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Irene for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Irene still has a solid footing and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Irene is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Irene (Girl)		Irene (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		464	637	< 5	--
2017		505	591	< 5	--
2016		444	658	< 5	--
2015		452	629	< 5	--
2014		430	665	< 5	--
2013		438	643	< 5	--
2012		436	652	< 5	--
2011		406	691	< 5	--
2010		410	694	< 5	--
2009		480	627	< 5	--
2008		482	638	< 5	--
2007		467	636	< 5	--
2006		494	590	< 5	--
2005		490	580	< 5	--
2004		528	539	< 5	--
2003		473	582	< 5	--
2002		536	510	< 5	--
2001		569	489	< 5	--
2000		600	462	< 5	--
1999		555	474	< 5	--
1998		520	488	< 5	--
1997		595	431	< 5	--
1996		614	415	< 5	--
1995		608	426	< 5	--
1994		597	420	6	8,160
1993		546	456	< 5	--
1992		592	425	< 5	--
1991		651	392	< 5	--
1990		685	385	< 5	--
1989		637	390	5	8,390
1988		641	376	< 5	--
1987		654	362	< 5	--
1986		595	387	8	5,046
1985		666	355	8	4,872
1984		736	320	7	5,190
1983		749	307	5	6,669
1982		772	315	7	5,257
1981		799	303	6	5,791
1980		848	292	9	4,280
1979		801	297	< 5	--
1978		705	326	< 5	--
1977		759	315	5	6,236
1976		773	295	5	5,953
1975		721	317	< 5	--
1974		846	285	7	4,350
1973		848	287	6	4,745
1972		790	307	7	4,161
1971		970	290	< 5	--
1970		1,070	275	5	5,031
1969		1,109	261	< 5	--
1968		1,170	238	7	3,493
1967		1,197	240	< 5	--
1966		1,286	235	< 5	--
1965		1,553	211	< 5	--
1964		1,660	211	8	3,140
1963		1,759	201	8	3,170
1962		1,758	205	9	2,931
1961		1,912	193	8	3,206
1960		2,032	187	8	3,200
1959		2,100	179	6	3,768
1958		2,146	175	9	2,915
1957		2,261	169	9	2,908
1956		2,342	159	8	3,071
1955		2,427	148	10	2,672
1954		2,659	140	16	1,994
1953		2,801	127	12	2,338
1952		3,017	121	11	2,432
1951		3,394	105	7	3,204
1950		3,826	92	14	2,071
1949		2,955	111	8	2,888
1948		3,043	111	14	2,063
1947		3,291	107	12	2,303
1946		3,115	102	14	1,985
1945		2,883	97	10	2,316
1944		3,087	91	19	1,600
1943		3,298	85	9	2,642
1942		3,381	80	19	1,652
1941		3,368	74	12	2,132
1940		3,396	73	29	1,263
1939		3,330	74	12	2,112
1938		3,555	71	15	1,859
1937		3,674	62	26	1,320
1936		3,817	57	27	1,282
1935		3,936	52	21	1,520
1934		4,348	49	22	1,481
1933		4,506	46	39	1,040
1932		5,202	43	20	1,617
1931		5,613	37	30	1,265
1930		6,463	33	38	1,145
1929		7,039	29	42	1,065
1928		7,730	28	43	1,069
1927		8,607	21	37	1,189
1926		9,168	21	42	1,101
1925		9,440	19	32	1,291
1924		9,930	18	29	1,396
1923		10,052	17	37	1,185
1922		10,173	17	37	1,188
1921		10,624	18	33	1,282
1920		10,072	17	24	1,569
1919		9,712	16	33	1,241
1918		9,774	16	22	1,627
1917		9,163	17	25	1,415
1916		9,035	17	25	1,398
1915		8,323	17	16	1,832
1914		6,197	22	14	1,731
1913		5,335	21	12	1,627
1912		4,646	22	27	865
1911		3,502	21	8	1,333
1910		3,281	21	12	956
1909		2,961	20	11	923
1908		2,732	23	8	1,065
1907		2,617	22	16	647
1906		2,423	20	6	1,183
1905		2,357	24	6	1,164
1904		2,212	26	7	1,017
1903		2,001	28	8	876
1902		2,210	26	11	712
1901		1,879	30	14	543
1900		2,264	31	9	940
1899		1,703	34	9	751
1898		1,902	34	9	779
1897		1,587	38	10	704
1896		1,593	41	< 5	--
1895		1,428	43	5	1,168
1894		1,347	43	5	1,164
1893		1,111	51	6	965
1892		1,107	51	7	904
1891		950	52	< 5	--
1890		893	60	< 5	--
1889		737	63	< 5	--
1888		722	66	5	1,103
1887		504	73	< 5	--
1886		437	78	< 5	--
1885		376	82	< 5	--
1884		324	95	< 5	--
1883		260	100	< 5	--
1882		232	104	< 5	--
1881		206	102	< 5	--
1880		204	102	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.