Ireen
Ireen is a name with multiple cultural origins: Dutch, Southern African.
- Dutch
- Southern African
Meaning & Origin of Ireen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ireen is a name with multiple cultural origins: Dutch, Southern African.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
- Southern African
The Story of Ireen
The earliest SSA record of Ireen as a baby girl name dates back to 1922, when 6 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Ireen — #4,444 in the national rankings. Ireen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1924, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ireen
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ireen. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ireen
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About the name Ireen
Ireen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1922 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Ireen's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #4,444. Use the chart and map above to compare Ireen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.