Iris

#61 for girls in 2025, 3,729 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 99.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 3,729 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
101,550
since 1880

Iris over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#613,729#6,80312
2024#713,136#5,44317
2023#782,939#5,47017
2022#842,935#4,30324
2021#1072,582#6,03214
2020#1272,178#5,98014
2019#1282,196#10,8036
2018#1382,128#10,7606
2017#1491,990#10,7756
2016#1861,751
2015#2161,510#8,0409
2014#2441,330
2013#2541,251
2012#2811,134#12,2745
2011#3031,051#12,2875
2010#3151,011
2009#3161,038
2008#342973
2007#3171,066
2006#369880#12,0555
2005#357879
2004#376832#8,9277
2003#389786
2002#383772
2001#396733
2000#413685
1999#414674#6,5309
1998#454570
1997#506481#9,2655
1996#519453
1995#499491#7,7926
1994#483519#7,7706
1993#471539
1992#448564#7,4226
1991#398641#6,5197
1990#417610#5,8238
1989#450541#5,6158
1988#463487#5,2008
1987#499433#5,4597
1986#444486#5,9266
1985#459467#4,05210
1984#440472
1983#499389#6,2385
1982#452471
1981#435489#3,85810
1980#428504#6,2505
1979#425492#4,4038
1978#443449#5,7725
1977#500375
1976#451430
1975#456414#4,7976
1974#458392
1973#394513
1972#440436
1971#399539
1970#371645#3,5218
1969#380604#3,3148
1968#376585#3,6736
1967#456435#3,5596
1966#449435
1965#414509#3,5376
1964#424535#3,2827
1963#406557#2,8589
1962#365660#3,3057
1961#359710#4,0655
1960#338777
1959#342769
1958#332796
1957#306901#2,49411
1956#278977#2,36112
1955#290888#3,5056
1954#295819#3,1767
1953#269922#2,9058
1952#262920#2,51410
1951#258893#2,6629
1950#239986#2,43810
1949#249920#2,33711
1948#245935#2,7888
1947#252865#3,3706
1946#253797#3,1736
1945#268645
1944#254717#2,8627
1943#260711#3,2316
1942#245774#3,2126
1941#246700#2,8727
1940#221750#2,4789
1939#223749
1938#228731#3,5345
1937#215779#2,9057
1936#211788#2,30110
1935#209817#2,5299
1934#216823#1,65818
1933#219765#2,7388
1932#212850#1,77717
1931#204895#1,77017
1930#203938#1,96415
1929#196981#1,93316
1928#2001,010#2,04815
1927#1981,021#4,2105
1926#199965#4,2015
1925#208947#2,75510
1924#219887#2,82210
1923#218875#1,94117
1922#255653#2,63011
1921#252700#2,50212
1920#262633#2,33613
1919#245677#2,38512
1918#252655#4,1795
1917#251617#2,42311
1916#253577#2,7309
1915#251563#2,07013
1914#253425#1,97511
1913#263310#2,4966
1912#308220#2,5445
1911#301173
1910#319143
1909#311138
1908#309131
1907#301136#1,3455
1906#301123
1905#339100
1904#35884
1903#39365
1902#42952
1901#43546
1900#42662
1899#43844
1898#42752
1897#38656
1896#40949
1895#42644
1894#54628
1893#52028
1892#50329
1891#51425
1890#59919
1889#56720
1888#61217
1887#73310
1886#65712
1885#55715
1884#55614
1883#7547
1882#9085
1881#6238
1880#51811
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Iris was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

See more about Iris
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#71#61)
  • 66 spots since 2020 (#127#61)
  • 155 spots since 2015 (#216#61)
  • Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1884 (#754#556)
  • Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1882 (#623#908)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #61 (3,729 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 431
  • Highest: 1 in 431 girls born in 2025 were named Iris (0.23%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 17.2% of all girls named Iris (17,499) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s119#518 (1880)#649
1890s374#386 (1897)#477
1900s937#301 (1907)#360
1910s4,360#245 (1919)#270
1920s8,672#196 (1929)#221
1930s8,135#203 (1930)#214
1940s7,814#221 (1940)#249
1950s8,871#239 (1950)#287
1960s5,807#338 (1960)#397
1970s4,685#371 (1970)#434
1980s4,739#428 (1980)#457
1990s5,542#398 (1991)#461
2000s8,644#316 (2009)#366
2010s15,352#128 (2019)#221
2020s17,499#61 (2025)#88

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Iris in 1932

girls
#212
850 births · 1 in 1,255 girls
boys
#1,777
17 births · 1 in 61,421 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #212Iris850

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,777Iris17
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 1,255 of them was named Iris, which outranked 95.8% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iris
  1. #209Rosemarie866
  2. #210Eula858
  3. #211Teresa855
  4. #212Iris850
  5. #213Della844
  6. #214Patty839
  7. #215Suzanne828
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 61,421 of them was named Iris, which outranked 58.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iris
  1. #1,716Thelbert18
  2. #1,716Waldon18
  3. #1,716Wanda18
  4. #1,777Iris17
  5. #1,777Ace17
  6. #1,777Adrien17
  7. #1,777Akira17
  8. #1,848Alberta16
  9. #1,848Aloys16
  10. #1,848Ammon16

Tied with 70 names at #1,777; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932