Iris
Rank in 2025
#61
recorded as girls
#6803
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
3,741
girls 3,729 · boys 12
Peak year
2025
3,729 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
102,320
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Iris was most popular in 2025, when 3,729 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 3,729 babies were named Iris, ranking #61 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 56%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,729 | 61 | 12 | 6803 |
| 2024 | 3,136 | 71 | 17 | 5443 |
| 2023 | 2,939 | 78 | 17 | 5470 |
| 2022 | 2,935 | 84 | 24 | 4303 |
| 2021 | 2,582 | 107 | 14 | 6032 |
| 2020 | 2,178 | 127 | 14 | 5980 |
| 2019 | 2,196 | 128 | 6 | 10803 |
| 2018 | 2,128 | 138 | 6 | 10760 |
| 2017 | 1,990 | 149 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 1,751 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,510 | 216 | 9 | 8040 |
| 2014 | 1,330 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,251 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,134 | 281 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 1,051 | 303 | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 1,011 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,038 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 973 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,066 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 880 | 369 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 879 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 832 | 376 | 7 | 8927 |
| 2003 | 786 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 772 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 733 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 685 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 674 | 414 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 570 | 454 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 481 | 506 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 453 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 491 | 499 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 519 | 483 | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | 539 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 564 | 448 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | 641 | 398 | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | 610 | 417 | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | 541 | 450 | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | 487 | 463 | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | 433 | 499 | 7 | 5459 |
| 1986 | 486 | 444 | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | 467 | 459 | 10 | 4052 |
| 1984 | 472 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 389 | 499 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 471 | 452 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 489 | 435 | 10 | 3858 |
| 1980 | 504 | 428 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 492 | 425 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 449 | 443 | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | 375 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 430 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 414 | 456 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 392 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 513 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 436 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 539 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 645 | 371 | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | 604 | 380 | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | 585 | 376 | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | 435 | 456 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1966 | 435 | 449 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 509 | 414 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | 535 | 424 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 557 | 406 | 9 | 2858 |
| 1962 | 660 | 365 | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | 710 | 359 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | 777 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 769 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 796 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 901 | 306 | 11 | 2494 |
| 1956 | 977 | 278 | 12 | 2361 |
| 1955 | 888 | 290 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 819 | 295 | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | 922 | 269 | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | 920 | 262 | 10 | 2514 |
| 1951 | 893 | 258 | 9 | 2662 |
| 1950 | 986 | 239 | 10 | 2438 |
| 1949 | 920 | 249 | 11 | 2337 |
| 1948 | 935 | 245 | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | 865 | 252 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | 797 | 253 | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | 645 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 717 | 254 | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | 711 | 260 | 6 | 3231 |
| 1942 | 774 | 245 | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | 700 | 246 | 7 | 2872 |
| 1940 | 750 | 221 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 749 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 731 | 228 | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | 779 | 215 | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | 788 | 211 | 10 | 2301 |
| 1935 | 817 | 209 | 9 | 2529 |
| 1934 | 823 | 216 | 18 | 1658 |
| 1933 | 765 | 219 | 8 | 2738 |
| 1932 | 850 | 212 | 17 | 1777 |
| 1931 | 895 | 204 | 17 | 1770 |
| 1930 | 938 | 203 | 15 | 1964 |
| 1929 | 981 | 196 | 16 | 1933 |
| 1928 | 1,010 | 200 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1927 | 1,021 | 198 | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | 965 | 199 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 947 | 208 | 10 | 2755 |
| 1924 | 887 | 219 | 10 | 2822 |
| 1923 | 875 | 218 | 17 | 1941 |
| 1922 | 653 | 255 | 11 | 2630 |
| 1921 | 700 | 252 | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | 633 | 262 | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | 677 | 245 | 12 | 2385 |
| 1918 | 655 | 252 | 5 | 4179 |
| 1917 | 617 | 251 | 11 | 2423 |
| 1916 | 577 | 253 | 9 | 2730 |
| 1915 | 563 | 251 | 13 | 2070 |
| 1914 | 425 | 253 | 11 | 1975 |
| 1913 | 310 | 263 | 6 | 2496 |
| 1912 | 220 | 308 | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | 173 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 143 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 138 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 131 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 136 | 301 | 5 | 1345 |
| 1906 | 123 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 100 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 84 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 65 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 52 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 46 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 62 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 44 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 52 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 56 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 49 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 44 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 28 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 28 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 29 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 25 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 19 | 599 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 20 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 17 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 10 | 733 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 12 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 15 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 14 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 7 | 754 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | 908 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 11 | 518 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years