How Many People Are Named Iris?
people named Iris are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,555 people in the US has this name
Based on 102,320 babies named Iris in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,741 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese and Icelandic form of IRIS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Iris, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Iris alive today is about 31 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Iris first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 3,741 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Iris never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #61, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 4 years, 2022 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #61.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #61 |
| Best rank | #61 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (2022 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #81 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Iris alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Iris were born in California than in any other state: about 10,374 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Iris was given 2.9 times as often in Hawaii, 1.6 times in Alaska and 1.4 times in North Carolina.
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