Irys — #6770 US girls' name
199 babies named Irys in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Irys was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Irys in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Irys
The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Irys between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Irys currently holds the #6770 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Irys performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Irys shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Irys in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Irys 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 199 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.
Irys at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Irys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2021)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #6770 among girls.
199 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 21 births in a single year.
Irys by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 84 births that decade — 42% of Irys's all-time total
Irys decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Irys's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Irys by state
Where Irys concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 199 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.