Irma

#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1911 · 615 births
Debut · girls
30 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
73,769
since 1880

Irma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Irma has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #137, 1911girls
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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#3,16750
2024#2,58568
2023#2,58868
2022#2,53070
2021#2,81860
2020#2,50069
2019#3,49944
2018#3,10752
2017#2,50871
2016#2,51771
2015#2,64667
2014#2,61567
2013#3,31448
2012#2,77063
2011#2,51172
2010#2,34181
2009#2,09097
2008#1,903111
2007#1,940106
2006#1,639129
2005#1,668119
2004#1,380151
2003#1,318156
2002#1,236162
2001#1,285152
2000#1,203165
1999#1,061190
1998#1,125170
1997#1,091172
1996#998188
1995#953197
1994#853232
1993#850228
1992#835239
1991#728285
1990#683312#8,1175
1989#746264
1988#731256
1987#789223#5,4597
1986#771222
1985#793211
1984#641274
1983#745219
1982#575319#6,3855
1981#581317#4,9617
1980#558333
1979#534352
1978#551319#5,7725
1977#561313
1976#489371
1975#451429
1974#470385#5,2275
1973#416470
1972#447420
1971#436480
1970#448490
1969#394574
1968#404533
1967#381576
1966#360641#3,9485
1965#334728#3,9305
1964#362687
1963#343763#3,3187
1962#338773#4,0335
1961#326839#3,6526
1960#300959
1959#290974#3,0378
1958#291954#3,9445
1957#2621,095#3,2577
1956#296910
1955#279949#3,5056
1954#272952
1953#268931#3,7985
1952#276859
1951#255917
1950#254890
1949#268824#3,6905
1948#259849
1947#256853#3,7335
1946#258774#2,9197
1945#258682
1944#258704
1943#249773#3,2316
1942#246770#3,5605
1941#225774
1940#223749#2,32210
1939#224746#3,4805
1938#221766#2,32610
1937#206800#2,9057
1936#218748#2,6298
1935#204837#3,2526
1934#212835#3,6795
1933#211817#3,2686
1932#194946#3,7765
1931#195938#3,7635
1930#1801,084#3,5926
1929#1841,074#3,2477
1928#1841,102#3,6976
1927#1781,169#4,2105
1926#1701,298
1925#1771,230#3,1558
1924#1791,268#4,3475
1923#1881,160#3,4677
1922#1841,167
1921#1651,376#2,80410
1920#1641,393
1919#1601,375#4,1685
1918#1661,333
1917#1561,340
1916#1491,353
1915#1421,310#3,8255
1914#1461,015
1913#144830
1912#146743
1911#137615
1910#149547
1909#143499
1908#143478
1907#156409
1906#152391
1905#140428
1904#148360
1903#151346
1902#146368
1901#157304
1900#168326
1899#164276
1898#159319
1897#150308
1896#166261
1895#170247
1894#170240
1893#170215
1892#181194
1891#172193
1890#190154
1889#197134
1888#204120
1887#21990
1886#22481
1885#24169
1884#24562
1883#24753
1882#22658
1881#26836
1880#28230
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Irma was already there! It came in at #282, and was given to 30 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 37 girls a year got the name.

See more about Irma
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 582 spots since 2024 (#2,585#3,167)
  • 667 spots since 2020 (#2,500#3,167)
  • 521 spots since 2015 (#2,646#3,167)
  • Biggest jump: 104 spots in 1984 (#745#641)
  • Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1983 (#575#745)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1911 at #137 (615 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 72 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 117 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 680
  • Highest: 1 in 680 girls born in 1911 were named Irma (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.6% of all girls named Irma (12,237) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s733#197 (1889)#235
1890s2,407#150 (1897)#169
1900s3,909#140 (1905)#150
1910s10,461#137 (1911)#150
1920s12,237#164 (1920)#177
1930s8,517#180 (1930)#207
1940s7,752#223 (1940)#250
1950s9,431#254 (1950)#274
1960s7,073#300 (1960)#354
1970s4,029#416 (1973)#480
1980s2,638#558 (1980)#693
1990s2,213#683 (1990)#918
2000s1,348#1,203 (2000)#1,566
2010s636#2,341 (2010)#2,783
2020s385#2,500 (2020)#2,698

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.

Irma in 1915

girls
#142
1,310 births · 1 in 751 girls
boys
#3,825
5 births · 1 in 169,715 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #142Irma1,310

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #3,825Irma5
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 751 of them was named Irma, which outranked 97.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irma
  1. #139Erma1,375
  2. #140Flora1,368
  3. #141Lorraine1,323
  4. #142Irma1,310
  5. #143Winifred1,299
  6. #144Nora1,293
  7. #145Mable1,287
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 169,715 of them was named Irma, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Irma
  1. #3,392Yaro6
  2. #3,392Zebedee6
  3. #3,392Zolton6
  4. #3,825Irma5
  5. #3,825Abb5
  6. #3,825Abert5
  7. #3,825Abran5

Tied with 565 names at #3,825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915