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Iris
Rank in 2024
#71
Born in 2024
3,124
Peak year
2024 · #71
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,124 girls were named Iris, about 1 in every 516.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 97,794 girls have been named Iris since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Iris per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.6Greatest1901–27
- 0.7Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 1.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11,916 babies, 0.58 per 1,000. Silent: 14,423 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Boomers: 15,626 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,755 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,052 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,564 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 25,903 babies, 1.28 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek; a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Iris, CC BY-SA 4.0.