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
- Peak · girls
- 1911 · 615 births
- Debut · girls
- 30 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 73,769since 1880
Irma over time
Rank among girls' names. Irma has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,167 | 50 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,585 | 68 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,588 | 68 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,530 | 70 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,500 | 69 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,517 | 71 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,615 | 67 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,314 | 48 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,770 | 63 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,511 | 72 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,341 | 81 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,090 | 97 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,903 | 111 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,940 | 106 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,639 | 129 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,668 | 119 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,380 | 151 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,318 | 156 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,236 | 162 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,285 | 152 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,203 | 165 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,061 | 190 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,125 | 170 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,091 | 172 | — | |
| 1996 | #998 | 188 | — | |
| 1995 | #953 | 197 | — | |
| 1994 | #853 | 232 | — | |
| 1993 | #850 | 228 | — | |
| 1992 | #835 | 239 | — | |
| 1991 | #728 | 285 | — | |
| 1990 | #683 | 312 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #746 | 264 | — | |
| 1988 | #731 | 256 | — | |
| 1987 | #789 | 223 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #771 | 222 | — | |
| 1985 | #793 | 211 | — | |
| 1984 | #641 | 274 | — | |
| 1983 | #745 | 219 | — | |
| 1982 | #575 | 319 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #581 | 317 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #558 | 333 | — | |
| 1979 | #534 | 352 | — | |
| 1978 | #551 | 319 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #561 | 313 | — | |
| 1976 | #489 | 371 | — | |
| 1975 | #451 | 429 | — | |
| 1974 | #470 | 385 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #416 | 470 | — | |
| 1972 | #447 | 420 | — | |
| 1971 | #436 | 480 | — | |
| 1970 | #448 | 490 | — | |
| 1969 | #394 | 574 | — | |
| 1968 | #404 | 533 | — | |
| 1967 | #381 | 576 | — | |
| 1966 | #360 | 641 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #334 | 728 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #362 | 687 | — | |
| 1963 | #343 | 763 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #338 | 773 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #326 | 839 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #300 | 959 | — | |
| 1959 | #290 | 974 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #291 | 954 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #262 | 1,095 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #296 | 910 | — | |
| 1955 | #279 | 949 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #272 | 952 | — | |
| 1953 | #268 | 931 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #276 | 859 | — | |
| 1951 | #255 | 917 | — | |
| 1950 | #254 | 890 | — | |
| 1949 | #268 | 824 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #259 | 849 | — | |
| 1947 | #256 | 853 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #258 | 774 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #258 | 682 | — | |
| 1944 | #258 | 704 | — | |
| 1943 | #249 | 773 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #246 | 770 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #225 | 774 | — | |
| 1940 | #223 | 749 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #224 | 746 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #221 | 766 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #206 | 800 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #218 | 748 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #204 | 837 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #212 | 835 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #211 | 817 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #194 | 946 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #195 | 938 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #180 | 1,084 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #184 | 1,074 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #184 | 1,102 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #178 | 1,169 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #170 | 1,298 | — | |
| 1925 | #177 | 1,230 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #179 | 1,268 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #188 | 1,160 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #184 | 1,167 | — | |
| 1921 | #165 | 1,376 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #164 | 1,393 | — | |
| 1919 | #160 | 1,375 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #166 | 1,333 | — | |
| 1917 | #156 | 1,340 | — | |
| 1916 | #149 | 1,353 | — | |
| 1915 | #142 | 1,310 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #146 | 1,015 | — | |
| 1913 | #144 | 830 | — | |
| 1912 | #146 | 743 | — | |
| 1911 | #137 | 615 | — | |
| 1910 | #149 | 547 | — | |
| 1909 | #143 | 499 | — | |
| 1908 | #143 | 478 | — | |
| 1907 | #156 | 409 | — | |
| 1906 | #152 | 391 | — | |
| 1905 | #140 | 428 | — | |
| 1904 | #148 | 360 | — | |
| 1903 | #151 | 346 | — | |
| 1902 | #146 | 368 | — | |
| 1901 | #157 | 304 | — | |
| 1900 | #168 | 326 | — | |
| 1899 | #164 | 276 | — | |
| 1898 | #159 | 319 | — | |
| 1897 | #150 | 308 | — | |
| 1896 | #166 | 261 | — | |
| 1895 | #170 | 247 | — | |
| 1894 | #170 | 240 | — | |
| 1893 | #170 | 215 | — | |
| 1892 | #181 | 194 | — | |
| 1891 | #172 | 193 | — | |
| 1890 | #190 | 154 | — | |
| 1889 | #197 | 134 | — | |
| 1888 | #204 | 120 | — | |
| 1887 | #219 | 90 | — | |
| 1886 | #224 | 81 | — | |
| 1885 | #241 | 69 | — | |
| 1884 | #245 | 62 | — | |
| 1883 | #247 | 53 | — | |
| 1882 | #226 | 58 | — | |
| 1881 | #268 | 36 | — | |
| 1880 | #282 | 30 | — | |
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.
Where Irma is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#259 · 1 in 1,384
- Texas#279 · 1 in 1,473
- New Mexico#369 · 1 in 1,864
- Arizona#417 · 1 in 2,494
- Illinois#530 · 1 in 4,175
Best ever in a state: #49 in Texas, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #259 | 131 | 1 in 1,384 |
| Texas | #279 | 84 | 1 in 1,473 |
| New Mexico | #369 | 5 | 1 in 1,864 |
| Arizona | #417 | 8 | 1 in 2,494 |
| Illinois | #530 | 18 | 1 in 4,175 |
| Colorado | #559 | 5 | 1 in 4,153 |
| Washington | #687 | 5 | 1 in 5,522 |
| Louisiana | #691 | 6 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Florida | #760 | 8 | 1 in 6,762 |
| New Jersey | #813 | 5 | 1 in 7,453 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,003 | 5 | 1 in 13,869 |
| New York | #1,078 | 9 | 1 in 11,259 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Irma
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1911 at #137 (615 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 72 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1996
- Highest: 1 in 680 girls born in 1911 were named Irma (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.6% of all girls named Irma (12,237) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 733 | #197 (1889) | #235 |
| 1890s | 2,407 | #150 (1897) | #169 |
| 1900s | 3,909 | #140 (1905) | #150 |
| 1910s | 10,461 | #137 (1911) | #150 |
| 1920s | 12,237 | #164 (1920) | #177 |
| 1930s | 8,517 | #180 (1930) | #207 |
| 1940s | 7,752 | #223 (1940) | #250 |
| 1950s | 9,431 | #254 (1950) | #274 |
| 1960s | 7,073 | #300 (1960) | #354 |
| 1970s | 4,029 | #416 (1973) | #480 |
| 1980s | 2,638 | #558 (1980) | #693 |
| 1990s | 2,213 | #683 (1990) | #918 |
| 2000s | 1,348 | #1,203 (2000) | #1,566 |
| 2010s | 636 | #2,341 (2010) | #2,783 |
| 2020s | 385 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 5,262 of them was named Irma, which outranked 95.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 255,882 of them was named Irma, which outranked 31.9% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).