Girls' name · since 1981
Irais
Irais has 639 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,649 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 639
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
639 babies have been named Irais since 1981, making it today's #6649 girls' name.
Irais has 639 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6649 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #10,106 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,649 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 639 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Irais ranks #10,106 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,649 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 639 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,649 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 639
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Irais's 639 recorded births place it above 86.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Irais compares
639 Top 40% higher than 60% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Irais's all-time total is 70% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Irais | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 639 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Irais's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Irais's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Irais popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Irais by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (206 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Irais's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Irais births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 82
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
181 births
- 2000s
2000s
206 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s 53
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 206 births (32% of all-time use).
How Irais compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Irais's total volume
Irais by state
Where Irais concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 192 | 30.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 42 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.8% |
192 of 639 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Irais's data
- Irais's decade-level peak was the 2000s (206 total births); usage has since declined to 53 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Iraiss (192 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Irais: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Irais draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.