NameTides

Iris

Iris was the #61 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,729 babies), and #57 in England & Wales and #78 in Canada.

Iris as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Iris as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSScotlandCanadaIrelandNorthern Ireland
Iris as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#61 (3,729)#57 (759)#116 (38)#334 (4)#141 (32)#78 (312)
2024#71 (3,136)#61 (707)#138 (32)#192 (9)#120 (39)#97 (251)
2023#78 (2,939)#61 (741)#168 (25)#151 (13)#137 (34)#84 (280)
2022#84 (2,935)#66 (762)#116 (36)#218 (8)#195 (24)#98 (249)
2021#107 (2,582)#70 (746)#121 (36)#350 (4)#184 (26)#99 (267)
2020#127 (2,178)#77 (703)#115 (39)#333 (4)#160 (30)#139 (187)
2019#128 (2,196)#81 (658)#129 (37)#263 (6)#221 (22)#118 (223)
2018#138 (2,128)#82 (634)#126 (37)#273 (6)#336 (13)#139 (203)
2017#149 (1,990)#81 (654)#174 (27)#355 (4)#241 (20)#185 (166)
2016#186 (1,751)#84 (648)#199 (23)#306 (5)#359 (12)#186 (170)
2015#216 (1,510)#102 (558)#201 (22)—#462 (9)#197 (161)
2014#244 (1,330)#108 (522)#246 (18)#278 (6)#336 (14)#207 (159)
2013#254 (1,251)#106 (505)#140 (33)—#304 (16)#253 (129)
2012#281 (1,134)#122 (476)#174 (26)—#474 (9)#300 (109)
2011#303 (1,051)#147 (376)#229 (19)—#695 (5)#400 (80)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #61.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 430 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 430common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 330common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 470common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 480common

Next year

On its recent trend, Iris is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 410 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 380 to 1 in 450.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Iris by state, 2025Alaska: #15AKMaine: #31MEWisconsin: #65WIVermont: #38VTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #52WAIdaho: #55IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #37NDMinnesota: #78MNIllinois: #63ILMichigan: #58MINew York: #87NYMassachusetts: #95MAOregon: #51ORNevada: #73NVWyoming: #16WYSouth Dakota: #23SDIowa: #34IAIndiana: #28INOhio: #45OHPennsylvania: #50PANew Jersey: #143NJConnecticut: #79CTRhode Island: #48RICalifornia: #60CAUtah: #80UTColorado: #53CONebraska: #67NEMissouri: #40MOKentucky: #75KYWest Virginia: #61WVVirginia: #67VAMaryland: #130MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #52AZNew Mexico: #26NMKansas: #33KSArkansas: #44ARTennessee: #50TNNorth Carolina: #65NCSouth Carolina: #97SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #38OKLouisiana: #95LAMississippi: #124MSAlabama: #71ALGeorgia: #78GAHawaii: #44HITexas: #64TXFlorida: #109FL
Iris (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#75124
Quebec2025#17133

Iris (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IrisCanadaGirls#78312
IrisEngland & WalesGirls#57759
IrisIrelandGirls#14132
IrisNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
IrisScotlandGirls#11638
IrisUSGirls#613,729
IrisUSBoys#6,80312