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Iren

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Peace, through Irene

Iren has been given to 83 babies in the U.S. since 1984. 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 2019, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Iren, 2019

1 in 386,000

Iren over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Iren over time

In 2019, Iren went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19192019

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Iren: meaning, origin, and history

Peace, through Irene

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Iren means

Iren belongs to the name family reached through Iren → Irene. Its meaning is “peace”.

Origin, language, and formation

Iren is used in Norwegian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Irene.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 78 boys were recorded with the name Iren between 1984 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2019; its best national rank was #5,189 in 1984.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Iren between 1919 and 1919. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1919; its best national rank was #5,142 in 1919.

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 Iren?

Iren had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019
1 in 386,000
9 of 3,472,229 births
Among boys only
1 in 199,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2019
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
267,420 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Iren sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 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 267,420 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Iren. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Irens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Iren was born before 2006 — so the typical Iren is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
37.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
78
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 37.2% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Iren 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
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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 2019 (9)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,189
1984

Spellings of Iren

Iren is not the most common spelling — Fred is, with 13.3% against Iren's <0.01%.

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.

Iren around the world

Where Iren 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
    1969–1969
    #510
    in 1969

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

Iren by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,189
1984
Peak year
2019
9 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
78
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,142
1919
Peak year
1919
5 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
1919
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Iren

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

DrenIreEirenAurenSerenAyrenZorenIremideDeyrenSurenAirenZyrenBarrenKeyrenKirenJeirenSyrenDayrenKorenBrenJirenEyrenArrenJyren

Sibling names for Iren

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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