Iris
Iris is ranked 71st among girls in 2024 (3,124 births). Its best rank was 71st, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #71up 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,1240.19% of girls
- Peak year
- 20243,124 births
- Best rank
- #71in 2024
- Since 1880
- 97,794people given the name
The story in the numbers
97,794 girls have been named Iris in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 3,124 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 2010s alone account for 16%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 3 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Iris | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 119 | |
| 1890s | 374 | |
| 1900s | 937 | |
| 1910s | 4,360 | |
| 1920s | 8,672 | |
| 1930s | 8,135 | |
| 1940s | 7,814 | |
| 1950s | 8,871 | |
| 1960s | 5,806 | |
| 1970s | 4,683 | |
| 1980s | 4,739 | |
| 1990s | 5,542 | |
| 2000s | 8,643 | |
| 2010s | 15,348 | |
| 2020s | 13,751 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Iris was the 71st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Iris
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charlottepeak 2021
- Naomipeak 2024
- Avelinapeak 2016
- Noellapeak 2018
- Solveigpeak 2021
- Eliapeak 2024
- Nilapeak 2022
- Roselynpeak 2018
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.