How rare is the name Iris?

80,798 people in the United States have the first name Iris, about 1 in 3,738. It ranks #655 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

IRIS

#655

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
80,798
About
1 in 3,738
This common or more
63.3%
Who bears it

Of the 80,798 people named Iris, 46.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 33.9% as White and 10% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Iris peaked in 2025, when 3,741 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
3,741
In 2025*
3,741
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 102,320 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Iris by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #215. The largest share of babies named Iris, 29.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,154119
1890s#736374
1900s#535942
1910s#4524,432
1920s#3898,786
1930s#3958,241
1940s#4627,880
1950s#5318,944
1960s#7075,861
1970s#8014,712
1980s#8394,798
1990s#8665,589
2000s#7148,656
2010s#46215,389
2020s#21517,597
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.3%
Baby boom 1946–6415.4%
Generation X 1965–807.6%
Millennials 1981–968%
Generation Z 1997–1213.3%
2013 and later29.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Iris is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Iris has been most common in Hawaii (2.5×), North Carolina (1.6×), and Virginia (1.4×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.22×).

96,448 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Iris

#653 Carole · 80,915#654 Santiago · 80,841#656 Silvia · 80,787#657 Pablo · 80,699

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Iris, most common first.

#8,058 Irish · 1,825#10,046 Irais · 1,347#33,047 Irisa · 252#51,501 Iriz · 113

Also a last name

As a last name, Iris ranks #68,391 of 156,621, with 310 people. See Iris as a last name

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