Irine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Irine

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,527 babies named Irine between 1895 and 1978, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Irine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 66 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Irine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 477 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Irine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 156 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Irine in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Irine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,527 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.