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How popular is “Iris” in the USA?

Number of people named “Iris” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Iris” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Iris” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Iris” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Iris” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Iris” by birth year

This chart shows how “Iris” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 11 0.000054595 11 100%
1881 8 0.000041518 8 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 100%
1889 20 0.000069217 20 100%
1890 19 0.000063039 19 100%
1891 25 0.000087207 25 100%
1892 29 0.000086729 29 100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 100%
1894 28 0.000082671 28 100%
1895 44 0.000125349 44 100%
1896 49 0.000137069 49 100%
1897 56 0.000161403 56 100%
1898 52 0.00013632 52 100%
1899 44 0.000129704 44 100%
1900 62 0.000137699 62 100%
1901 46 0.00013302 46 100%
1902 52 0.00013446 52 100%
1903 65 0.000170514 65 100%
1904 84 0.000208186 84 100%
1905 100 0.000235892 100 100%
1906 123 0.000287081 123 100%
1907 141 0.000302972 136 5 93%
1908 131 0.000268086 131 100%
1909 138 0.00026994 138 100%
1910 143 0.000242081 143 100%
1911 173 0.000268518 173 100%
1912 225 0.000227718 220 5 96%
1913 316 0.000277897 310 6 96%
1914 436 0.000307835 425 11 95%
1915 576 0.000314337 563 13 95%
1916 586 0.000302934 577 9 97%
1917 628 0.000312944 617 11 96%
1918 660 0.000303992 655 5 98%
1919 689 0.000326502 677 12 97%
1920 646 0.000285507 633 13 96%
1921 712 0.00030499 700 12 97%
1922 664 0.000290063 653 11 97%
1923 892 0.000387408 875 17 96%
1924 897 0.000376636 887 10 98%
1925 957 0.000410148 947 10 98%
1926 970 0.000422491 965 5 99%
1927 1026 0.000442364 1021 5 99%
1928 1025 0.000453352 1010 15 97%
1929 997 0.000454802 981 16 97%
1930 953 0.000428644 938 15 97%
1931 912 0.00043338 895 17 96%
1932 867 0.000410649 850 17 96%
1933 773 0.000386607 765 8 98%
1934 841 0.000404947 823 18 96%
1935 826 0.000395234 817 9 98%
1936 798 0.000384101 788 10 97%
1937 786 0.000368898 779 7 98%
1938 736 0.000332644 731 5 99%
1939 749 0.000339923 749 100%
1940 759 0.000329615 750 9 98%
1941 707 0.000290179 700 7 98%
1942 780 0.000285524 774 6 98%
1943 717 0.000254025 711 6 98%
1944 724 0.000269137 717 7 98%
1945 645 0.000243129 645 100%
1946 803 0.000251306 797 6 99%
1947 872 0.000242066 865 7 98%
1948 942 0.000272844 935 7 99%
1949 931 0.000267162 920 11 98%
1950 996 0.000284299 986 10 98%
1951 902 0.00024486 893 9 98%
1952 930 0.000244865 920 10 98%
1953 930 0.00024133 922 8 98%
1954 826 0.000207501 819 7 98%
1955 894 0.000222661 888 6 99%
1956 989 0.000239872 977 12 98%
1957 912 0.000217032 901 11 98%
1958 796 0.000192554 796 100%
1959 769 0.000184945 769 100%
1960 777 0.000187057 777 100%
1961 715 0.000172609 710 5 99%
1962 667 0.000165288 660 7 98%
1963 565 0.000142742 556 9 97%
1964 542 0.000139417 535 7 97%
1965 515 0.000142051 509 6 98%
1966 435 0.000125156 435 100%
1967 441 0.000129901 435 6 97%
1968 591 0.000174934 585 6 98%
1969 612 0.000176099 604 8 97%
1970 653 0.000181061 645 8 98%
1971 539 0.000157035 539 100%
1972 436 0.000138721 436 100%
1973 513 0.000170043 513 100%
1974 391 0.000128618 391 100%
1975 420 0.000139101 414 6 97%
1976 430 0.000141713 430 100%
1977 374 0.00011774 374 100%
1978 454 0.000143043 449 5 98%
1979 500 0.000150286 492 8 97%
1980 509 0.000147772 504 5 98%
1981 499 0.000144246 489 10 96%
1982 471 0.000134266 471 100%
1983 394 0.000113763 389 5 97%
1984 472 0.000135292 472 100%
1985 477 0.000133647 467 10 96%
1986 492 0.000138316 486 6 98%
1987 440 0.000122032 433 7 97%
1988 495 0.000133963 487 8 97%
1989 549 0.000142803 541 8 97%
1990 618 0.000156358 610 8 97%
1991 648 0.000166356 641 7 98%
1992 570 0.000148388 564 6 98%
1993 539 0.00014296 539 100%
1994 525 0.000141218 519 6 98%
1995 497 0.000135712 491 6 98%
1996 453 0.000124205 453 100%
1997 486 0.000134041 481 5 98%
1998 570 0.000154967 570 100%
1999 683 0.000184901 674 9 97%
2000 685 0.000181222 685 100%
2001 733 0.000195812 733 100%
2002 772 0.000206511 772 100%
2003 786 0.000206716 786 100%
2004 839 0.00021958 832 7 98%
2005 879 0.000228618 879 100%
2006 885 0.0002237 880 5 99%
2007 1066 0.000266654 1066 100%
2008 973 0.000247541 973 100%
2009 1037 0.000271454 1037 100%
2010 1011 0.000273558 1011 100%
2011 1056 0.000288699 1051 5 99%
2012 1139 0.000311426 1134 5 99%
2013 1251 0.000343147 1251 100%
2014 1330 0.000358841 1330 100%
2015 1518 0.000410169 1509 9 99%
2016 1751 0.000477281 1751 100%
2017 1996 0.000558135 1990 6 99%
2018 2134 0.000606957 2128 6 99%
2019 2199 0.000633547 2193 6 99%
2020 2191 0.000655875 2177 14 99%
2021 2595 0.00076595 2581 14 99%
2022 2957 0.000874041 2933 24 98%
2023 2953 0.000891823 2936 17 99%
2024 3140 0.000943368 3124 16 99%

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