Girls' name · since 1971
Eirene
Eirene has 252 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,221 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
252 babies have been named Eirene since 1971, making it today's #7221 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eirene has been recorded 252 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #7221 nationally and more common than 58% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #17,519 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,221 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 252 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eirene ranks #17,519 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,221 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 252 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,221 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 252
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eirene's 252 recorded births place it above 75.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Eirene compares
252 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eirene's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eirene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 252 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eirene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eirene splits its recorded history at 2011: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eirene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Eirene by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (105 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Eirene's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Eirene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
105 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 105 births (42% of all-time use).
Eirene by state
Where Eirene concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.4% |
6 of 252 births nationwide.
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What to do with Eirene's data
- Eirene's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (105 total births) through the 2020s (73) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Eirenes (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eirene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eirene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.