Name meaning & stats
Iris
Iris means “rainbow” (Ancient Greek origin). 79,426 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“rainbow”
Ancient GreekWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
79,426 US babies were named Iris between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Iris (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Iris is the main spelling
- Iris 97%
- Irish 2%
- Irais 1%
- Irys <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)