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Iris name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Iris ranks #61 in female records (3,729 reported) and #6,954 in male records (12 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Iris becoming more popular?

Iris's reported female count increased by 593 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #72 to #61. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Iris in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for IrisFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.3,7290201620252016: 1,751 female records2017: 1,990 female records2018: 2,128 female records2019: 2,196 female records2020: 2,178 female records2021: 2,582 female records2022: 2,935 female records2023: 2,939 female records2024: 3,136 female records2025: 3,729 female records2017: 6 male records2018: 6 male records2019: 6 male records2020: 14 male records2021: 14 male records2022: 24 male records2023: 17 male records2024: 17 male records2025: 12 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20253,72961126,954
20243,13672175,523
20232,93978175,545
20222,93584244,353
20212,582107146,155
20202,178127146,098
20192,196128611,301
20182,128138611,313
20171,990149611,299
20161,751186——

Questions about Iris’s popularity

How common is Iris in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Iris ranks #61 in female records (3,729 reported) and #6,954 in male records (12 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Iris?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Iris only.

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