# Irina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/irina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,425 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,425 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 382, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Ири́на (Irína), akin to English Irene.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,947 |
| 2012 | 44 | 3,606 |
| 2013 | 58 | 2,919 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,902 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2,046 |
| 2016 | 98 | 2,022 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,617 |
| 2018 | 111 | 1,838 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,661 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,931 |
| 2021 | 97 | 1,998 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,746 |
| 2023 | 131 | 1,600 |
| 2024 | 136 | 1,562 |
| 2025 | 127 | 1,636 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 38 | 936 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## People named Irina

- Irina Bokova, Bulgarian diplomat
- Irina Embrich, Estonian fencer (born 1980)
- Irina Falconi, Ecuadorian-born American tennis player
- Irina Khazova, cross-country skier
- Irina Demick, French actress (1936-2004)
- Irina Lăzăreanu, Canadian model
- Irina Müller, East German rower
- Irina Nikulchina, Bulgarian biathlete
- Irina Björklund, Finnish actress
- Princess Irina Pavlovna Paley, daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1903–1990)
- Irina Fetisova, Female Russian volleyball player
- Irina Ionesco, French photographer (1935–2022)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.