Iris

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #61in 2025
  • 1 in 431girls in 2025
  • +174%last ten years
  • 5.8×in Vermont

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 174% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,1602,32018801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Iris, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880121
188187
188246
188362
1884109
1885113
188683
188769
188895
1889112
1890100
1891135
1892137
1893132
1894126
1895188
1896206
1897239
1898201
1899189
1900207
1901192
1902197
1903248
1904305
1905343
1906417
1907427
1908392
1909397
1910361
1911414
1912394
1913496
1914558
1915572
1916553
1917571
1918566
1919599
1920528
1921568
1922544
1923725
1924710
1925778
1926814
1927856
1928876
1929879
1930833
1931841
1932797
1933759
1934788
1935779
1936757
1937732
1938662
1939683
1940656
1941579
1942573
1943510
1944540
1945493
1946507
1947488
1948551
1949538
1950576
1951496
1952496
1953490
1954422
1955454
1956487
1957441
1958396
1959380
1960384
1961352
1962336
1963289
1964282
1965288
1966257
1967263
1968357
1969358
1970369
1971324
1972287
1973352
1974267
1975284
1976293
1977245
1978293
1979306
1980304
1981293
1982278
1983233
1984280
1985271
1986283
1987249
1988273
1989293
1990321
1991342
1992306
1993298
1994291
1995279
1996258
1997276
1998323
1999380
2000377
2001407
2002430
2003430
2004453
2005476
2006463
2007554
2008515
2009565
2010569
2011597
2012644
2013713
2014745
2015846
2016988
20171,153
20181,251
20191,308
20201,347
20211,574
20221,789
20231,832
20241,936
20252,320

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 5.8×
  2. Wyoming 5.3×
  3. Alaska 3.9×
  4. Maine 2.9×
  5. New Mexico 2.6×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,729
Rank in 2025
#61
How rare
1 in 431 girls
Since 1880
101,550

Most popular in 2025, at 2,320 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 174% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont5.8×33
Wyoming5.3×27
Alaska3.9×39
Maine2.9×53
New Mexico2.6×75

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.