Meaning not yet researched.
Iris: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,729 in 2025. Its best rank was #61 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.6% of babies named Iris in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#61 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Iris: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,729 girls in 2025. Peak: #61 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 3,729 (2025).
In 2025, 3,729 US girls were named Iris, making it the 61st most common girls’ name of the year, up 11 places from #72 in 2024. That is 593 more than the 3,136 girls named Iris in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #61, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,729. For comparison, it was #216 in 2015 and #239 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Iris in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 11 babies with the name. In all, 102,320 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 17,597 babies named Iris.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 25,564 US girls were named Iris; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,729. In 2025 that was about 1 in 431 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Iris ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #15 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 46 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Eris (3,343 babies since 1880) and Eros (2,033 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Irish, Irais and Irys are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, French, Greek, Italian and Slovene. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Irish (1,608), Irais (639), Irys (218), Eries (41), Erys (41), Eriss (36), Eres (22), Erish (21), Yris (19), Iraiz (16), Iryss (15), Iriz (11), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Iris in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 18 | #15 | #153 |
| Wyoming | 10 | #19 | #73 |
| South Dakota | 22 | #23 | #198 |
| Indiana | 122 | #28 | #117 |
| New Mexico | 28 | #28 | #254 |
| Maine | 21 | #32 | #61 |
| Kansas | 55 | #34 | #166 |
| Iowa | 55 | #35 | #258 |
| North Dakota | 17 | #38 | — |
| Oklahoma | 63 | #39 | #231 |
| Missouri | 99 | #40 | #193 |
| Vermont | 9 | #41 | #40 |
| Ohio | 165 | #45 | #227 |
| Arkansas | 43 | #46 | #153 |
| Hawaii | 12 | #47 | #123 |
| Rhode Island | 15 | #49 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 158 | #50 | #234 |
| Oregon | 49 | #51 | #112 |
| Washington | 97 | #52 | #162 |
| Arizona | 91 | #52 | #264 |
| Tennessee | 106 | #52 | #242 |
| Colorado | 82 | #54 | #178 |
| Montana | 14 | #56 | #79 |
| Idaho | 29 | #56 | #151 |
| Michigan | 107 | #58 | #267 |
| California | 432 | #61 | #147 |
| Texas | 378 | #64 | #258 |
| Illinois | 128 | #64 | #250 |
| North Carolina | 133 | #65 | #241 |
| West Virginia | 20 | #65 | #159 |
| Wisconsin | 65 | #66 | #211 |
| Virginia | 90 | #68 | #291 |
| Nebraska | 26 | #70 | #188 |
| Nevada | 28 | #73 | #181 |
| Alabama | 53 | #73 | #398 |
| Kentucky | 51 | #77 | #181 |
| Minnesota | 64 | #78 | #178 |
| Georgia | 104 | #79 | #452 |
| Utah | 51 | #81 | #268 |
| Connecticut | 32 | #81 | #374 |
| Delaware | 9 | #87 | — |
| New York | 158 | #88 | #234 |
| Massachusetts | 58 | #97 | #198 |
| South Carolina | 43 | #97 | #214 |
| Louisiana | 39 | #98 | #379 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | #100 | #200 |
| Florida | 155 | #110 | #416 |
| Mississippi | 19 | #129 | — |
| Maryland | 35 | #132 | #298 |
| New Jersey | 54 | #147 | #594 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #165 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,729 | #61 | 12 | #6,954 |
| 2024 | 3,136 | #72 | 17 | #5,523 |
| 2023 | 2,939 | #78 | 17 | #5,545 |
| 2022 | 2,935 | #84 | 24 | #4,353 |
| 2021 | 2,582 | #107 | 14 | #6,155 |
| 2020 | 2,178 | #127 | 14 | #6,098 |
| 2019 | 2,196 | #128 | 6 | #11,301 |
| 2018 | 2,128 | #138 | 6 | #11,313 |
| 2017 | 1,990 | #149 | 6 | #11,299 |
| 2016 | 1,751 | #186 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,510 | #216 | 9 | #8,295 |
| 2014 | 1,330 | #244 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,251 | #254 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,134 | #281 | 5 | #12,983 |
| 2011 | 1,051 | #303 | 5 | #13,048 |
| 2010 | 1,011 | #315 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,038 | #316 | — | — |
| 2008 | 973 | #342 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,066 | #317 | — | — |
| 2006 | 880 | #369 | 5 | #12,763 |
| 2005 | 879 | #357 | — | — |
| 2004 | 832 | #376 | 7 | #9,305 |
| 2003 | 786 | #389 | — | — |
| 2002 | 772 | #383 | — | — |
| 2001 | 733 | #397 | — | — |
| 2000 | 685 | #414 | — | — |
| 1999 | 674 | #414 | 9 | #6,734 |
| 1998 | 570 | #454 | — | — |
| 1997 | 481 | #506 | 5 | #9,847 |
| 1996 | 453 | #520 | — | — |
| 1995 | 491 | #500 | 6 | #8,200 |
| 1994 | 519 | #483 | 6 | #8,161 |
| 1993 | 539 | #471 | — | — |
| 1992 | 564 | #448 | 6 | #7,836 |
| 1991 | 641 | #398 | 7 | #6,818 |
| 1990 | 610 | #417 | 8 | #6,060 |
| 1989 | 541 | #450 | 8 | #5,859 |
| 1988 | 487 | #463 | 8 | #5,408 |
| 1987 | 433 | #499 | 7 | #5,726 |
| 1986 | 486 | #444 | 6 | #6,248 |
| 1985 | 467 | #459 | 10 | #4,171 |
| 1984 | 472 | #440 | — | — |
| 1983 | 389 | #499 | 5 | #6,675 |
| 1982 | 471 | #452 | — | — |
| 1981 | 489 | #435 | 10 | #3,967 |
| 1980 | 504 | #428 | 5 | #6,648 |
| 1979 | 492 | #425 | 8 | #4,581 |
| 1978 | 449 | #443 | 5 | #6,190 |
| 1977 | 375 | #500 | — | — |
| 1976 | 430 | #451 | — | — |
| 1975 | 414 | #456 | 6 | #5,060 |
| 1974 | 392 | #459 | — | — |
| 1973 | 513 | #395 | — | — |
| 1972 | 436 | #440 | — | — |
| 1971 | 539 | #399 | — | — |
| 1970 | 645 | #371 | 8 | #3,647 |
| 1969 | 604 | #380 | 8 | #3,425 |
| 1968 | 585 | #376 | 6 | #3,894 |
| 1967 | 435 | #456 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 1966 | 435 | #449 | — | — |
| 1965 | 509 | #414 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 1964 | 535 | #425 | 7 | #3,425 |
| 1963 | 557 | #407 | 9 | #2,943 |
| 1962 | 660 | #365 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1961 | 710 | #359 | 5 | #4,327 |
| 1960 | 777 | #338 | — | — |
| 1959 | 769 | #342 | — | — |
| 1958 | 796 | #332 | — | — |
| 1957 | 901 | #306 | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1956 | 977 | #278 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1955 | 888 | #291 | 6 | #3,684 |
| 1954 | 819 | #295 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1953 | 922 | #269 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1952 | 920 | #262 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 1951 | 893 | #258 | 9 | #2,754 |
| 1950 | 986 | #239 | 10 | #2,503 |
| 1949 | 920 | #249 | 11 | #2,397 |
| 1948 | 935 | #245 | 8 | #2,883 |
| 1947 | 865 | #252 | 6 | #3,525 |
| 1946 | 797 | #253 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 1945 | 645 | #269 | — | — |
| 1944 | 717 | #254 | 7 | #2,981 |
| 1943 | 711 | #260 | 6 | #3,376 |
| 1942 | 774 | #245 | 6 | #3,376 |
| 1941 | 700 | #246 | 7 | #2,999 |
| 1940 | 750 | #222 | 9 | #2,568 |
| 1939 | 749 | #223 | — | — |
| 1938 | 731 | #228 | 5 | #3,764 |
| 1937 | 779 | #215 | 7 | #3,037 |
| 1936 | 788 | #211 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1935 | 817 | #209 | 9 | #2,619 |
| 1934 | 823 | #216 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 1933 | 765 | #219 | 8 | #2,856 |
| 1932 | 850 | #212 | 17 | #1,806 |
| 1931 | 895 | #204 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 1930 | 938 | #203 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 1929 | 981 | #196 | 16 | #1,964 |
| 1928 | 1,010 | #200 | 15 | #2,098 |
| 1927 | 1,021 | #198 | 5 | #4,477 |
| 1926 | 965 | #199 | 5 | #4,506 |
| 1925 | 947 | #208 | 10 | #2,841 |
| 1924 | 887 | #219 | 10 | #2,917 |
| 1923 | 875 | #218 | 17 | #1,981 |
| 1922 | 653 | #255 | 11 | #2,706 |
| 1921 | 700 | #252 | 12 | #2,552 |
| 1920 | 633 | #262 | 13 | #2,390 |
| 1919 | 677 | #245 | 12 | #2,428 |
| 1918 | 655 | #252 | 5 | #4,467 |
| 1917 | 617 | #251 | 11 | #2,490 |
| 1916 | 577 | #253 | 9 | #2,818 |
| 1915 | 563 | #251 | 13 | #2,116 |
| 1914 | 425 | #253 | 11 | #2,035 |
| 1913 | 310 | #264 | 6 | #2,636 |
| 1912 | 220 | #309 | 5 | #2,713 |
| 1911 | 173 | #301 | — | — |
| 1910 | 143 | #319 | — | — |
| 1909 | 138 | #311 | — | — |
| 1908 | 131 | #310 | — | — |
| 1907 | 136 | #301 | 5 | #1,443 |
| 1906 | 123 | #303 | — | — |
| 1905 | 100 | #339 | — | — |
| 1904 | 84 | #358 | — | — |
| 1903 | 65 | #395 | — | — |
| 1902 | 52 | #431 | — | — |
| 1901 | 46 | #436 | — | — |
| 1900 | 62 | #426 | — | — |
| 1899 | 44 | #441 | — | — |
| 1898 | 52 | #429 | — | — |
| 1897 | 56 | #388 | — | — |
| 1896 | 49 | #412 | — | — |
| 1895 | 44 | #431 | — | — |
| 1894 | 28 | #550 | — | — |
| 1893 | 28 | #524 | — | — |
| 1892 | 29 | #507 | — | — |
| 1891 | 25 | #516 | — | — |
| 1890 | 19 | #609 | — | — |
| 1889 | 20 | #581 | — | — |
| 1888 | 17 | #619 | — | — |
| 1887 | 10 | #763 | — | — |
| 1886 | 12 | #678 | — | — |
| 1885 | 15 | #563 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #570 | — | — |
| 1883 | 7 | #783 | — | — |
| 1882 | 5 | #963 | — | — |
| 1881 | 8 | #649 | — | — |
| 1880 | 11 | #531 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).