Irene

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Irene first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 9 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 139 babies (rank #61 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Irene

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Irene yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

33Destiny numberThe master teacherSelfless guidance and uplift — a heightened 6.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

571

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

139

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Sherlock Holmes: Irene Adler — 'the Woman'

Famous people named Irene

Irène Joliot-Curienuclear physicist · b. 1897
Irène Némirovskynovelist · b. 1903
Irène Jacobfilm actor · b. 1966
Irene Palaiologina of Trebizondpolitician · b. 1315

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	139	#61
1953	96	#81
1954	95	#82
1955	96	#82
1956	70	#97
1957	70	#99
2014	2	#710
2015	2	#675
2016	1	#1,661