Ireen

Girls' name

Diminutive of Irene

Ireen has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1922. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Ireen, 1924

1 in 397,000

Ireen over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ireen: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Irene

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ireen means

Ireen is a diminutive of Irene.

Origin, language, and formation

Ireen is used in East Central German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Irene.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Ireen between 1922 and 1924. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1922; its best national rank was #4,693 in 1922.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ireen?

Ireen had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1924, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1924: 1 in 397,000; 6 of 2,381,562 births
Among girls only: 1 in 208,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1924: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 275,130 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ireen 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 1924 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 275,130 children born in 1924 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ireen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ireens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ireen was born before 1923 — so the typical Ireen is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (17).

Is Ireen 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1922 (6)
Years since peak: 103; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,693; 1922

Spellings of Ireen

Ireen is not the most common spelling — Irene is, with 47.2% against Ireen's <0.01%.

Irene47.2%355,462
Eileen25.2%189,614
Doreen6.2%46,431
Aileen5.0%37,637
Noreen2.7%20,108
Queen2.1%16,092
Wren1.8%13,641
Arleen1.7%12,611

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.

Ireen around the world

Where Ireen 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.

South Australia
1963–1976
#645
in 1976

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ireen by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,693; 1922
Peak year: 1922; 6 that year
First recorded: 1922
Last recorded: 1924
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ireen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ireon Nureen Ireka Irely Ireri Ireal Ireona Irelia Irelan Ireatha Sheen Azeen Ireion Azleen Iresha Ireana Bareen Iren Deleen Ireonna Souleen Maxeen Myreen Yaqeen

Sibling names for Ireen

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

For a sister

Albertha Bethel Verla Lorine Elvera Rubie Tressie Filomena

For a brother

Trinidad Hobert Harland Walton Elden Cletus Elroy Columbus

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