Airis
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- AY-ris
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Airis is a name of Greek origin, meaning “rainbow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Airis mean?
Greek: spelling of Iris
“rainbow”
A spelling of Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
Is Airis a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Airis has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Airis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 156% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Airis, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004. 7 boys were also named Airis in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Airis in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were given Airis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,353, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
- Airis 44
- Ayris 10
- Airris 5
In 2025, 86% of the babies named Airis in the US were girls.
Airis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,047 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
Names like Airis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura, Ayra, Salem, Alaya, Aaliyah, Alaia, Zayla, Zaya, Safa, Ayla, Ayzal, Artemis
Other spellings of Airis
Names related to Airis
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Airis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/airis, updated 20 October 2026.