first name
IRMA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 84,440 people named Irma, 82.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 11.1% as White and 5.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Irma peaked in 1920, when 1,393 babies got the name.
At least 74,021 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.
Irma by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #220. The largest share of babies named Irma, 32.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Irma is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Irma has been most common in Texas (3×), Louisiana (2.9×), and Mississippi (2×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.16×).
62,651 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.
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One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Irma, most common first.
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