Girls' name · since 1981

Irisa

Irisa has 193 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#20,179 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,253 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
193
born since 1981
2010s
peak decade

193 babies have been named Irisa since 1981, making it today's #12253 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Irisa recorded 193 times among girls since 1981, holding rank #12253 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.

  • #20,179 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,253 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 193 born since 1981
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Irisa ranks #20,179 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,253 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 193 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,179 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,253 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
193
born since 1981
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%29.1%
Irisa vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Irisa's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Irisa compares

193 36th percentile among 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

Irisa's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Irisa Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 193 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Irisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Irisa's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Irisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2013)
15
Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
05101520 19811996200120062010201520212025 7

Irisa by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 35% of the file).

2010s was Irisa's strongest decade.

67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.

Irisa births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (35% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Irisa?
193 babies have been named Irisa since 1981. All-time, it sits at #20,179 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,253 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2013 with 15 births.
Where does Irisa sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Irisa ranks #20,179 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,253 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Irisa most popular?
Irisa was most popular in the 2010s decade with 67 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Irisa been used?
The SSA has tracked Irisa since 1981 -- 45 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Irisa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Iris, Irie, Irina, Irine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Irisa's data

  • Irisa's decade-level peak was the 2010s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Irisa

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Irisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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 Irisa 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.