Irene

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Irene first appears in the data in 1980 and has been recorded in 45 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 3,074 babies (rank #11 that year). In 2024 it was given to 307 girls (rank #42). 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.

95,015

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

3,074

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

More popular girls' names

Names ranked near Irene in 2024

Other girls' names starting with I

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1980	1,786	#27
1981	1,786	#27
1982	1,786	#27
1983	1,786	#27
1984	1,786	#27
1985	1,786	#27
1986	1,786	#27
1987	1,785	#27
1988	1,785	#27
1989	1,785	#27
1990	2,497	#12
1991	2,497	#12
1992	2,497	#12
1993	2,497	#12
1994	2,497	#12
1995	2,497	#12
1996	2,497	#12
1997	2,496	#12
1998	2,496	#12
1999	2,496	#12
2000	3,074	#11
2001	3,074	#11
2002	3,073	#11
2003	3,073	#11
2004	3,073	#11
2005	3,073	#11
2006	3,073	#11
2007	3,073	#11
2008	3,073	#11
2009	3,073	#11
2010	1,993	#17
2011	1,993	#17
2012	1,993	#17
2013	1,993	#17
2014	1,992	#17
2015	1,992	#17
2016	1,992	#17
2017	1,992	#17
2018	1,992	#17
2019	1,992	#17
2020	307	#42
2021	307	#42
2022	307	#42
2023	307	#42
2024	307	#42