Girl name#367 of girl names
Iris
Pronounced AY1 R AH0 S (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
How popular is Iris?
Iris is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 98,814 children — the 367th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 3,124 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AY1 R AH0 S · AY1 R IH0 S
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Iris
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Iris
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Iris?
- Iris ranks 367th among girls' names in US records, with 98,814 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 23,343.
- Is Iris a unisex name?
- No. Iris is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Iris most popular?
- 2024, when 3,124 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.