Irma — #2596 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Irma

The Social Security Administration has registered 73,717 babies named Irma between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Irma currently holds the #2596 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 1,393 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Irma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12,237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Irma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14,316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Irma in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Irma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 73,717 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.