Irma
Irma is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 67 births. Its best rank was 137th, in 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 670.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19201,393 births
- Best rank
- #137in 1911
- Since 1880
- 73,717people given the name
The story in the numbers
73,717 girls have been named Irma in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 1,393 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 67 births in 2024, against 1,393 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Irma | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 733 | |
| 1890s | 2,407 | |
| 1900s | 3,909 | |
| 1910s | 10,461 | |
| 1920s | 12,237 | |
| 1930s | 8,517 | |
| 1940s | 7,752 | |
| 1950s | 9,430 | |
| 1960s | 7,073 | |
| 1970s | 4,029 | |
| 1980s | 2,638 | |
| 1990s | 2,213 | |
| 2000s | 1,348 | |
| 2010s | 636 | |
| 2020s | 334 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Irma was the 164th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Irma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Genniepeak 1928
- Mariepeak 1920
- Vernapeak 1918
- Faypeak 1926
- Berylpeak 1920
- Fredapeak 1918
- Elvirapeak 1920
- Corinepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.