Irene

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Irene first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 67 babies (rank #478 that year). In 2024 it was given to 48 girls (rank #602). 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.

1,454

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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
1991	44	#563
1992	34	#668
1993	45	#556
1994	35	#599
1995	48	#536
1996	41	#579
1997	35	#644
1998	46	#537
1999	41	#573
2000	45	#544
2001	46	#538
2002	47	#515
2003	35	#686
2004	24	#924
2005	32	#754
2006	47	#579
2007	37	#716
2008	47	#612
2009	45	#634
2010	34	#797
2011	36	#761
2012	41	#690
2013	38	#728
2014	45	#658
2015	56	#546
2016	46	#647
2017	67	#478
2018	50	#597
2019	57	#541
2020	47	#605
2021	36	#799
2022	42	#669
2023	37	#747
2024	48	#602