Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Irena

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
The goddess of peace (Irene, Irina, Rena, Rina)

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Irena

Pronunciation

i-re-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #4184, 34 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5238, 24 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202524
202434
202322
202223
202127
202031
201926
201833
201730
201630

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #2547, 10 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4866, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20254
2024–
20239
20229
20216
20205
20193
20187
20179
201610

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1931 (rank #152, 184 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2413, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202311
2022–
20213
20203
2019–
20186
201714
20167
2015–
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #798, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence