How Many People Are Named Irena?
people named Irena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 235,876 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,186 babies named Irena in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
34 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate form of IRENE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Irena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Irena alive today is about 34 years old, and 49% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Irena first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 34 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Irena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #580, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #5,304.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,304 |
| Best rank | #580 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,972 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Irena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Irena were born in California than in any other state: about 87 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Irena was given 5.7 times as often in New York and 4 times in California.
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