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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906girlsat 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.

Where Iris is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1906

girls
#301
123 births · 1 in 2,401 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #301Iris123
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 2,401 of them was named Iris, which outranked 86.4% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Iris
  1. #294Nola125
  2. #294Oma125
  3. #300Lelia124
  4. #301Iris123
  5. #301Angela123
  6. #301Elvira123
  7. #304Dessie121
  8. #305Christina120
  9. #305Ernestine120

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →