Irys
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-ris
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Irys is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “rainbow”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Irys mean?
Greek: variant spelling of Iris
“rainbow”
A spelling of Iris, named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow who carried messages for the gods.
Is Irys a girl's or a boy's name?
Irys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Irys in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Irys, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Irys in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,756 girls in the US were given Irys or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #75, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Irys in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Irys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla Collins Lyra Indie Maisie Lainey Harlow Luna Oakley Miller Harper Jovie
Other spellings of Irys
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, “Irys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irys, updated 20 October 2026.