Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Iris name popularity since 1925
92,642 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Iris (99.3% girls, 0.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1991 or earlier, so the typical Iris is about 35 years old in 2026. Iris peaked in 2025 as the #61 name for girls, and it ranked #61 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 92,642
- Named Iris, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #61
- for girls in 2025 (3,729 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% girls
- 92,012 girls · 630 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 2.67× its national share
Peak year is the year Iris made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Iris births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Iris both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, Iris became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 1,550 baby girls to 1 in 868.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Iris's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Iris.
Decade by decade
Babies named Iris in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 4,924 | 51 | – |
| 1930s | 8,135 | 106 | #209 |
| 1940s | 7,814 | 66 | #269 |
| 1950s | 8,871 | 73 | #291 |
| 1960s | 5,807 | 54 | #414 |
| 1970s | 4,685 | 27 | #456 |
| 1980s | 4,739 | 59 | #459 |
| 1990s | 5,542 | 47 | #500 |
| 2000s | 8,644 | 12 | #357 |
| 2010s | 15,352 | 37 | #216 |
| 2020–25 | 17,499 | 98 | #61 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
32.1% of babies named Iris from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Iris is most popular
The index compares Iris's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Iris.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 2.67× | 750 |
| North Carolina | 1.53× | 3,907 |
| New York | 1.44× | 9,819 |
| Virginia | 1.36× | 2,746 |
| Texas | 1.22× | 8,602 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Iris's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Iris.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Iris (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data