Girls' name · since 1944
Irina
Irina has 2,425 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,635 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,425
- born since 1944
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Irina is the #1635 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,425 recorded since 1944.
Irina has 2,425 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1635 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #4,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,635 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,425 born since 1944
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Irina ranks #4,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,635 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,425 born since 1944, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,635 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,425
- born since 1944
- 2010s
- peak decade
Irina's 2,425 recorded births place it above 94.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Irina compares
2,425 Top 20% higher than 80% of 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
Irina's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Irina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,425 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 136 | 21 | 19,840 |
Irina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Irina's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 85% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 15%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1944, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 136, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Irina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 136
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Irina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (739 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Irina's strongest decade.
739 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Irina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 51
1960s
51 births
- 1970s 89
1970s
89 births
- 1980s 136
1980s
136 births
- 1990s 272
1990s
272 births
- 2000s
2000s
410 births
- 2010s
2010s
739 births
- 2020s
2020s
709 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 739 births (30% of all-time use).
How Irina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Irina's total volume
Irina by state
Where Irina concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 385 | 15.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 186 | 7.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 162 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Washington | | 117 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 90 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 23 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 15 | 0.6% |
385 of 2,425 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Irina appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Irina's data
- Irina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (739 total births) through the 2020s (709) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Irinas (385 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Irina
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Irina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Irina 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.