Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Irene

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Irene
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.7% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

10,624

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

95.7%

2024

461

All-time

355,004

Irene once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 10,624 girls were named Irene.

In 2024, only 461 girls were given the name.

Down 95.7% from its peak.

All told, about 355,004 Americans have been named Irene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.7% from peak

192110,624 girls named Irene

2024461 girls named Irene

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