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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Irene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Irene” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Irene” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Irene” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Irene” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Irene” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Irene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Irene” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 204 0.001012487 204 100%
1881 206 0.001069086 206 100%
1882 232 0.001047248 232 100%
1883 260 0.001198455 260 100%
1884 324 0.001330809 324 100%
1885 376 0.001561112 376 100%
1886 437 0.001711604 437 100%
1887 504 0.002037253 504 100%
1888 727 0.00242759 722 5 99%
1889 737 0.00255065 737 100%
1890 893 0.00296283 893 100%
1891 950 0.00331388 950 100%
1892 1114 0.003331599 1107 7 99%
1893 1117 0.003434567 1111 6 99%
1894 1352 0.003991851 1347 5 99%
1895 1433 0.004082388 1428 5 99%
1896 1593 0.004456143 1593 100%
1897 1597 0.004602876 1587 10 99%
1898 1911 0.005009765 1902 9 99%
1899 1712 0.005046664 1703 9 99%
1900 2273 0.005048217 2264 9 99%
1901 1893 0.005474072 1879 14 99%
1902 2221 0.00574298 2210 11 99%
1903 2009 0.005270199 2001 8 99%
1904 2219 0.005499585 2212 7 99%
1905 2363 0.005574139 2357 6 99%
1906 2429 0.00566926 2423 6 100%
1907 2633 0.00565762 2617 16 99%
1908 2740 0.005607297 2732 8 99%
1909 2972 0.005813499 2961 11 99%
1910 3293 0.005574638 3281 12 99%
1911 3510 0.005447959 3502 8 100%
1912 4673 0.00472946 4646 27 99%
1913 5347 0.004702271 5335 12 100%
1914 6211 0.004385234 6197 14 100%
1915 8339 0.004550798 8323 16 100%
1916 9060 0.004683582 9035 25 99%
1917 9188 0.004578548 9163 25 99%
1918 9796 0.004511976 9774 22 100%
1919 9745 0.004617947 9712 33 99%
1920 10096 0.004462039 10072 24 100%
1921 10657 0.004564994 10624 33 99%
1922 10210 0.004460159 10173 37 99%
1923 10090 0.004382229 10053 37 99%
1924 9957 0.004180785 9928 29 99%
1925 9472 0.004059483 9440 32 99%
1926 9211 0.004011926 9169 42 99%
1927 8644 0.003726893 8607 37 99%
1928 7774 0.003438396 7731 43 99%
1929 7081 0.003230146 7039 42 99%
1930 6501 0.002924048 6463 38 99%
1931 5646 0.002682965 5616 30 99%
1932 5220 0.002472421 5200 20 99%
1933 4545 0.002273129 4506 39 98%
1934 4368 0.00210322 4346 22 99%
1935 3961 0.001895306 3940 21 99%
1936 3844 0.001850231 3817 27 99%
1937 3700 0.001736543 3674 26 99%
1938 3570 0.001613505 3555 15 99%
1939 3343 0.001517172 3331 12 99%
1940 3423 0.001486526 3394 29 98%
1941 3382 0.001388099 3370 12 99%
1942 3402 0.001245324 3383 19 99%
1943 3308 0.001171986 3299 9 99%
1944 3105 0.001154241 3086 19 99%
1945 2893 0.001090501 2883 10 99%
1946 3130 0.000979562 3116 14 99%
1947 3305 0.000917464 3293 12 99%
1948 3057 0.000885441 3043 14 99%
1949 2963 0.00085027 2955 8 99%
1950 3839 0.001095806 3825 14 99%
1951 3401 0.000923247 3394 7 100%
1952 3029 0.000797524 3018 11 99%
1953 2812 0.000729699 2800 12 99%
1954 2672 0.000671237 2656 16 99%
1955 2443 0.000608456 2433 10 99%
1956 2349 0.000569726 2341 8 99%
1957 2270 0.000540201 2261 9 99%
1958 2160 0.000522509 2151 9 99%
1959 2105 0.000506254 2099 6 99%
1960 2042 0.000491596 2034 8 99%
1961 1919 0.000463269 1911 8 99%
1962 1769 0.000438373 1760 9 99%
1963 1768 0.000446668 1760 8 99%
1964 1671 0.000429828 1663 8 99%
1965 1555 0.000428912 1555 100%
1966 1286 0.000370002 1286 100%
1967 1196 0.000352293 1196 100%
1968 1180 0.000349276 1173 7 99%
1969 1108 0.000318819 1108 100%
1970 1076 0.000298349 1071 5 99%
1971 970 0.000282605 970 100%
1972 799 0.000254216 792 7 98%
1973 853 0.000282742 847 6 99%
1974 853 0.000280592 846 7 98%
1975 723 0.000239452 723 100%
1976 778 0.000256402 773 5 99%
1977 766 0.000241146 760 6 98%
1978 708 0.000223072 708 100%
1979 799 0.000240156 799 100%
1980 859 0.000249383 850 9 98%
1981 805 0.000232701 799 6 99%
1982 780 0.000222351 773 7 98%
1983 754 0.000217709 749 5 99%
1984 743 0.00021297 736 7 98%
1985 676 0.000189403 668 8 98%
1986 604 0.000169802 596 8 97%
1987 654 0.000181384 654 100%
1988 641 0.000173476 641 100%
1989 642 0.000166994 637 5 98%
1990 686 0.000173562 686 100%
1991 651 0.000167126 651 100%
1992 592 0.000154116 592 100%
1993 546 0.000144817 546 100%
1994 604 0.000162468 598 6 98%
1995 610 0.000166569 610 100%
1996 614 0.000168349 614 100%
1997 595 0.000164104 595 100%
1998 521 0.000141645 521 100%
1999 555 0.000150249 555 100%
2000 605 0.000160057 605 100%
2001 573 0.00015307 573 100%
2002 545 0.000145789 545 100%
2003 475 0.000124924 475 100%
2004 531 0.000138972 531 100%
2005 491 0.000127703 491 100%
2006 495 0.00012512 495 100%
2007 467 0.000116818 467 100%
2008 483 0.00012288 483 100%
2009 483 0.000126434 483 100%
2010 411 0.000111209 411 100%
2011 406 0.000110996 406 100%
2012 437 0.000119485 437 100%
2013 439 0.000120417 439 100%
2014 432 0.000116556 432 100%
2015 453 0.000122402 453 100%
2016 444 0.000121024 444 100%
2017 508 0.00014205 508 100%
2018 466 0.000132541 466 100%
2019 469 0.000135122 469 100%
2020 472 0.000141293 472 100%
2021 438 0.000129282 438 100%
2022 448 0.000132422 448 100%
2023 440 0.000132883 435 5 98%
2024 461 0.000138501 461 100%

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