Eirini

#13,667 in 2025Girls' name

Peace, through Ειρήνη

Eirini has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #13,667 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Eirini, 2025

1 in 553,000

Eirini over time, 1880–2025

Girls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Eirini: meaning, origin, and history

Peace, through Ειρήνη

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eirini means

Eirini belongs to the name family reached through Eirini → Ειρήνη → Εἰρήνη. Its meaning is “peace”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Transliteration of Greek Ειρήνη (Eiríni), a female given name used in (modern) Greece. Doublet of Irene.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Eirini (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Eirini is used in English.

Eirini comes through Greek Ειρήνη.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ειρήνη, Irene and Εἰρήνη.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 girls were recorded with the name Eirini between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2016; its best national rank was #9,037 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,379 in 2020 to #13,667 in 2025.

How common is Eirini?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,667
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eirini sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eirini. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eirinis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eirini was born before 2019 — so the typical Eirini is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
76
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Choose a decade

2020s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Eirini rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,928
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,288
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2016 (12)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,037
2016

Spellings of Eirini

Eirini is not the most common spelling — Erin is, with 96.7% against Eirini's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Eirini around the world

Where Eirini ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2014–2024
    #5,892
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1960–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Eirini by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,667
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,288
Best rank ever
#9,037
2016
Peak year
2016
12 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
76
Count in 2025
6

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Sibling names for Eirini

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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