Irena
Irena is a traditionally European feminine given name.Irena Adamowicz (1910–1973), Polish resistance member during World War II given the honor Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem Irena Andriukaitienė, Lithuanian politician Irena Bačiulytė (1939–2024), Lithuanian rower Irena Bauman, British architect Irena Belohorská, Slovak politician Irena Białówna, Polish physician Irena Bihariová,…
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovene
- Croatian
Meaning & Origin of Irena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Irena is a traditionally European feminine given name.Irena Adamowicz (1910–1973), Polish resistance member during World War II given the honor Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem Irena Andriukaitienė, Lithuanian politician Irena Bačiulytė (1939–2024), Lithuanian rower Irena Bauman, British architect Irena Belohorská, Slovak politician Irena Białówna, Polish physician Irena Bihariová,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Albanian
- Bulgarian
- Macedonian
- Slovak
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
The Story of Irena
American parents first put Irena on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 34 Irenas were born — ranking #4,184 that year. As of 2026, Irena ranks #4,676 for baby girls with 29 births, gradually falling (-7%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Irena
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About the name Irena
Irena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Irena's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #560. Use the chart and map above to compare Irena'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 .
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