Girls' name · since 1918
Irna
25 babies named Irna in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,143 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1918
- 1910s
- peak decade
Irna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25 have been recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Irna recorded 25 times among girls since 1918, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1960.
- #43,143 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1918
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Irna ranks #43,143 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1918, peaking in the 1910s.
- #43,143 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1918
- 1910s
- peak decade
Irna's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Irna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Irna's full recorded timeline at 1921, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births.
Irna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1960
- Peak year (1918)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Irna by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (10 births, 40% of the file).
1910s was Irna's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Irna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 10 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Irna's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Irna
Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Irna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1918–1960 (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 Irna 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.