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How popular is the name Iris?
Births per year, rank history and how many Irises are alive today.
Iris (female) is currently the 61st most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 707 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 1924, when around 1,600 babies were given the name, the 34th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1914 in 1996 before climbing back to the 61st place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 15,000 babies have been named Iris in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Iris you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old - or else around 90: the name has two living generations. Half of all Irises born in England and Wales are between 13 and 84, and there are at least 29,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 8.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Iris.
How many babies are named Iris each year?
Where does Iris rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Iris most popular?
Iris peaked in 1924, when around 1,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Iris?
At least 29,000 people named Iris born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Iris?
Most living Irises are between 13 and 84; the most common age is about 4. There is a second cluster around 90.
Is Iris becoming more or less popular?
Recovering: it has climbed back after a dip in the rankings.