Iren

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Iren: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Iren: Recorded since 1951, with a gap of 29 years, it reached #104 in 1968, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#104highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Iren's record

Absent from every published list for 29 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 41 of the 44 years from 1951 to 1994.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1951–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1951
First recorded at #144 among girls in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1951–1994
Highest recorded position: #104 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1951–1994).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1994
Most recently recorded at #579 among girls in Norway, in 1994.
Norway · Girls

Iren by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Iren in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	304	9 of 10	34
1960sbusiest	404	10 of 10	40
1970s	261	10 of 10	26
1980s	121	9 of 10	13
1990s	21	3 of 10	7

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 40 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Iren appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1951 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #104 in Norway in 1968.

Iren's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#579	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#405	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#562	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#669	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#529	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#392	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#373	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#284	16	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#303	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#251	20	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#298	14	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#218	23	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#237	20	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#262	18	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#281	16	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#296	14	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#211	23	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#165	35	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#187	28	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#171	32	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#179	29	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#129	46	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#141	41	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#104	60	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#108	54	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#145	34	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#128	41	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#132	36	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#155	28	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#148	31	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#125	37	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#115	42	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#118	40	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#123	38	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#120	37	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#116	46	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#122	41	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#193	20	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#195	20	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#145	32	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#144	30	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1951 and 2024, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #104, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in Norway in 1968.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 29 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 73 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Iram · #441, 28y
Iremide · #727, 14y
Irena · #256, 58y
Irene · #34, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Garreth · #112, 39y
Sylvi · #94, 45y
Ita · #118, 41y
Eithne · #119, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Antoni · #103, 38y
Dariusz · #100, 54y
Marek · #108, 73y
Hallgeir · #99, 47y

Iren was ranked #104 in Norway · Girls in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Iren and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Iren without appearing here.

Iren moved ahead of

Vigdis Compare
In 1990 they stood at #669 and #595 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #405 and #625.
Unni Compare
In 1990 they stood at #562 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #405 and #624.
Aud Compare
In 1990 they stood at #562 and #554 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #405 and #451.

Moved ahead of Iren

Isabella Compare
In 1988 they stood at #529 and #610 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #669 and #254.
Josefine Compare
In 1988 they stood at #529 and #613 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #669 and #317.
Ada Compare
In 1993 they stood at #405 and #421 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #579 and #231.
Olivia Compare
In 1993 they stood at #405 and #520 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #579 and #265.

Moved the opposite way to Iren

Anna Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 while Anna went from #60 to #17.
Cathrine Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 while Cathrine went from #360 to #61.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 while Cecilie went from #259 to #30.
Christina Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 while Christina went from #297 to #63.

Moved the same way as Iren

Alma Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 and Alma from #357 to #507.
Ann Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 and Ann from #51 to #126.
Anne Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 and Anne from #1 to #28.
Annie Compare
Between 1951 and 1994 in Norway · Girls, Iren went from #144 to #579 and Annie from #165 to #335.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1951 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #104 in Norway in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Iren by decade in Norway · Girls

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What stands out in Iren's record

Iren by decade in Norway · Girls

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