How Many People Are Named Irma?
people named Irma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,835 people in the US has this name
Based on 74,021 babies named Irma in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,393 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal". It is thus related to EMMA. It began to be regularly used in the English-speaking world in the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Irma in English. Counting Irma and these spellings together, about 44,248 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Irma (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Irma alive today is about 60 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Irma first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 1,393 babies. In 2025, 50 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Irma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #137, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #3,181.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,181 |
| Best rank | #137 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #177 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Irma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Irma were born in Texas than in any other state: about 10,579 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Irma was given 3.8 times as often in Texas, 2.7 times in Arizona and 2.6 times in Louisiana.
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