Girls' name · peaked in 1911
Irma name popularity since 1925
50,115 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Irma. Half of them were born in 1953 or earlier, so the typical Irma is about 73 years old in 2026. Irma peaked in 1911 as the #137 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 50,115
- Named Irma, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1911
- #137 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,181 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 49,895 girls · 220 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 3.75× its national share
Peak year is the year Irma 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.
Irma births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Irma peaked earlier, in 1911.
- Steepest fall: Between 1980 and 1985, Irma's share of baby girls fell by 39%, from 1 in 4,990 to 1 in 8,160.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Irma's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Irma.
Decade by decade
Babies named Irma 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 | 5,873 | 26 | – |
| 1930s | 8,517 | 63 | #204 |
| 1940s | 7,752 | 38 | #258 |
| 1950s | 9,431 | 31 | #279 |
| 1960s | 7,073 | 28 | #334 |
| 1970s | 4,029 | 10 | #451 |
| 1980s | 2,638 | 19 | #793 |
| 1990s | 2,213 | 5 | #953 |
| 2000s | 1,348 | 0 | #1,676 |
| 2010s | 636 | 0 | #2,663 |
| 2020–25 | 385 | 0 | #3,181 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.6% of babies named Irma from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Irma is most popular
The index compares Irma'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 Irma.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3.75× | 13,721 |
| Louisiana | 2.79× | 2,339 |
| Mississippi | 2.16× | 1,222 |
| Arkansas | 1.69× | 809 |
| Arizona | 1.68× | 1,018 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Irma's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Irma.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Irma (1911).
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