Iris Girl
How popular is Iris?
#61 girl name in 2025
3,729 baby girls were named Iris in the US in 2025, making it the 61st most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
Iris popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #61 for girls (▲ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,729 girls, 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+147% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #216 in 2015, #127 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (3,729 girls) |
| Highest rank | #61 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Iris counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Iris family of names ranked #82 for girls in 2025 (#106 the year before), with 3,765 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Iris | 3,729 | 99% |
| Irys | 19 | 1% |
| Irais | 17 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Iris is most popular
Babies named Iris per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 12.4 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Alaska: 7.3 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- Wyoming: 6.3 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Maine: 5.4 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- New Mexico: 5.1 per 1,000 (123 girls)
Iris by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 119 | #518 |
| 1890s | 374 | #386 |
| 1900s | 937 | #301 |
| 1910s | 4,360 | #245 |
| 1920s | 8,672 | #196 |
| 1930s | 8,135 | #203 |
| 1940s | 7,814 | #221 |
| 1950s | 8,871 | #239 |
| 1960s | 5,807 | #338 |
| 1970s | 4,685 | #371 |
| 1980s | 4,739 | #428 |
| 1990s | 5,542 | #398 |
| 2000s | 8,644 | #316 |
| 2010s | 15,352 | #128 |
| 2020s | 17,499 | #61 |
Girl names about as popular as Iris
Questions
- Is Iris a boy or girl name?
- Iris is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Iris were girls.
- How popular is the name Iris?
- 3,729 baby girls were named Iris in the US in 2025, making it the 61st most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
- When was Iris most popular?
- Iris peaked in 2025, when 3,729 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #61 in 2025.
- How many people are named Iris?
- 102,320 babies have been named Iris in the US since 1880. We estimate about 75,998 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Iris most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Iris was most common in Vermont, at 12.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.