Iris
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Iris is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “rainbow”. In 2025 it ranked 61st for girls in the UK (801 babies) and 61st for girls in the US (3,729 babies).
What does Iris mean?
Greek
“rainbow”
Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods; the flower is named after her.
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- EYE-ris
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Is Iris a girl's or a boy's name?
Iris is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 801 girls in the UK and 3,729 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Iris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #61among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 801about 1 in 350 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 801 girls in the UK were named Iris, making it the 61st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 80th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 806 girls.
Half of all the girls named Iris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 57th in England and Wales, 116th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#92), 1914 (#58), 1924 (#34), 1934 (#30), 1944 (#77) and 2024 (#61).
Iris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 801 | #61 |
| 2024 | 748 | #69 |
| 2023 | 779 | #66 |
| 2022 | 806 | #69 |
| 2021 | 786 | #75 |
| 2020 | 746 | #80 |
| 2019 | 701 | #84 |
| 2018 | 677 | #86 |
| 2017 | 685 | #86 |
| 2016 | 676 | #92 |
| 2015 | 580 | #114 |
| 2014 | 546 | #115 |
| 2013 | 538 | #117 |
| 2012 | 502 | #129 |
| 2011 | 395 | #153 |
| 2010 | 330 | #179 |
| 2009 | 284 | #206 |
| 2008 | 273 | #212 |
| 2007 | 242 | #239 |
| 2006 | 140 | #344 |
| 2005 | 115 | #383 |
| 2004 | 120 | #354 |
| 2003 | 94 | #418 |
| 2002 | 65 | #509 |
| 2001 | 36 | #751 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Iris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #61among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3,729about 1 in 430 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3,729 girls in the US were named Iris, making it the 61st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 127th. 12 boys were also named Iris in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Iris of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Iris in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iris in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,729 | #61 |
| 2024 | 3,136 | #71 |
| 2023 | 2,939 | #78 |
| 2022 | 2,935 | #84 |
| 2021 | 2,582 | #107 |
| 2020 | 2,178 | #127 |
| 2019 | 2,196 | #128 |
| 2018 | 2,128 | #138 |
| 2017 | 1,990 | #149 |
| 2016 | 1,751 | #186 |
| 2015 | 1,510 | #216 |
| 2014 | 1,330 | #244 |
| 2013 | 1,251 | #254 |
| 2012 | 1,134 | #281 |
| 2011 | 1,051 | #303 |
| 2010 | 1,011 | #315 |
| 2009 | 1,038 | #316 |
| 2008 | 973 | #342 |
| 2007 | 1,066 | #317 |
| 2006 | 880 | #369 |
| 2005 | 879 | #357 |
| 2004 | 832 | #376 |
| 2003 | 786 | #389 |
| 2002 | 772 | #383 |
| 2001 | 733 | #396 |
| 2000 | 685 | #413 |
| 1999 | 674 | #414 |
| 1998 | 570 | #454 |
| 1997 | 481 | #506 |
| 1996 | 453 | #519 |
| 1995 | 491 | #499 |
| 1994 | 519 | #483 |
| 1993 | 539 | #471 |
| 1992 | 564 | #448 |
| 1991 | 641 | #398 |
| 1990 | 610 | #417 |
| 1989 | 541 | #450 |
| 1988 | 487 | #463 |
| 1987 | 433 | #499 |
| 1986 | 486 | #444 |
| 1985 | 467 | #459 |
| 1984 | 472 | #440 |
| 1983 | 389 | #499 |
| 1982 | 471 | #452 |
| 1981 | 489 | #435 |
| 1980 | 504 | #428 |
| 1979 | 492 | #425 |
| 1978 | 449 | #443 |
| 1977 | 375 | #500 |
| 1976 | 430 | #451 |
| 1975 | 414 | #456 |
| 1974 | 392 | #458 |
| 1973 | 513 | #394 |
| 1972 | 436 | #440 |
| 1971 | 539 | #399 |
| 1970 | 645 | #371 |
| 1969 | 604 | #380 |
| 1968 | 585 | #376 |
| 1967 | 435 | #456 |
| 1966 | 435 | #449 |
| 1965 | 509 | #414 |
| 1964 | 535 | #424 |
| 1963 | 557 | #406 |
| 1962 | 660 | #365 |
| 1961 | 710 | #359 |
| 1960 | 777 | #338 |
| 1959 | 769 | #342 |
| 1958 | 796 | #332 |
| 1957 | 901 | #306 |
| 1956 | 977 | #278 |
| 1955 | 888 | #290 |
| 1954 | 819 | #295 |
| 1953 | 922 | #269 |
| 1952 | 920 | #262 |
| 1951 | 893 | #258 |
| 1950 | 986 | #239 |
| 1949 | 920 | #249 |
| 1948 | 935 | #245 |
| 1947 | 865 | #252 |
| 1946 | 797 | #253 |
| 1945 | 645 | #268 |
| 1944 | 717 | #254 |
| 1943 | 711 | #260 |
| 1942 | 774 | #245 |
| 1941 | 700 | #246 |
| 1940 | 750 | #221 |
| 1939 | 749 | #223 |
| 1938 | 731 | #228 |
| 1937 | 779 | #215 |
| 1936 | 788 | #211 |
| 1935 | 817 | #209 |
| 1934 | 823 | #216 |
| 1933 | 765 | #219 |
| 1932 | 850 | #212 |
| 1931 | 895 | #204 |
| 1930 | 938 | #203 |
| 1929 | 981 | #196 |
| 1928 | 1,010 | #200 |
| 1927 | 1,021 | #198 |
| 1926 | 965 | #199 |
| 1925 | 947 | #208 |
| 1924 | 887 | #219 |
| 1923 | 875 | #218 |
| 1922 | 653 | #255 |
| 1921 | 700 | #252 |
| 1920 | 633 | #262 |
| 1919 | 677 | #245 |
| 1918 | 655 | #252 |
| 1917 | 617 | #251 |
| 1916 | 577 | #253 |
| 1915 | 563 | #251 |
| 1914 | 425 | #253 |
| 1913 | 310 | #263 |
| 1912 | 220 | #308 |
| 1911 | 173 | #301 |
| 1910 | 143 | #319 |
| 1909 | 138 | #311 |
| 1908 | 131 | #309 |
| 1907 | 136 | #301 |
| 1906 | 123 | #301 |
| 1905 | 100 | #339 |
| 1904 | 84 | #358 |
| 1903 | 65 | #393 |
| 1902 | 52 | #429 |
| 1901 | 46 | #435 |
| 1900 | 62 | #426 |
| 1899 | 44 | #438 |
| 1898 | 52 | #427 |
| 1897 | 56 | #386 |
| 1896 | 49 | #409 |
| 1895 | 44 | #426 |
| 1894 | 28 | #546 |
| 1893 | 28 | #520 |
| 1892 | 29 | #503 |
| 1891 | 25 | #514 |
| 1890 | 19 | #599 |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 |
| 1888 | 17 | #612 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 |
| 1885 | 15 | #557 |
| 1884 | 14 | #556 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
| 1880 | 11 | #518 |
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