Girl name#314 of girl names
Irma
Pronounced ER1 M AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1920
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Irma?
Irma is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 129,130 children — the 314th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 24% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1920, when 2,922 children were given it.
Erma is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Irma and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Erma
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- ER1 M AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Irma
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Irma
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Irma?
- Irma ranks 314th among girls' names in US records, with 129,130 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 830.
- Is Irma a unisex name?
- No. Irma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Irma most popular?
- 1920, when 2,922 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Irma spelled?
- Erma. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.