Irma

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Irma: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Irma: Recorded since 1946, it reached #269 in 1986, and it stood at #491 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#269highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3725
2007	#5201
2014	#5691
2016	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 48 of the 79 years from 1946 to 2024.

In 2014: #488 among girls in Norway, #5691 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1946–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #330 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–2024
Highest recorded position: #269 among girls in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1946–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #491 among girls in Norway, in 2024.
Norway · Girls

Irma appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 320 births with the name.

Irma across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Irma's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#330 (1946)	#269 (1986)	#491 (2024)	48 of 79	320 (1946–2024)	18 (1986)
England and Wales · Girls	#3725 (2004)	#3725 (2004)	#5785 (2016)	4 of 13	13 (2004–2016)	4 (2004)

Irma by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Irma in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	13	2 of 10	7
1950s	51	8 of 10	6
1960s	27	5 of 10	5
1970s	31	5 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	96	10 of 10	10
1990s	35	6 of 10	6
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010s	43	7 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Irma appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #269 in Norway in 1986.

Irma's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#491	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#447	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#453	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#488	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#494	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#452	8	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#555	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#601	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#527	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#511	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#617	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#507	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#640	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#539	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#654	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#391	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#620	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#523	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#427	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#269	18	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#399	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#406	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#391	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#497	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#404	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#413	9	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#400	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#431	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#588	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#594	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#500	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#502	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#453	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#305	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#297	10	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#421	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#348	7	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#341	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#344	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#341	6	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#330	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1946 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #269, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Norway in 1986.

Its record falls into 18 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, and 58 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Irsa · #1170, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Miranda · #272, 54y
Amin · #274, 50y
Steffan · #275, 48y
Trudy · #263, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Gabriele · #268, 43y
Ingerid · #270, 53y
Khalid · #268, 70y
Rut · #268, 45y

Irma was ranked #269 in Norway · Girls in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Irma and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Irma without appearing here.

Irma moved ahead of

Mette Compare
In 2009 they stood at #555 and #450 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #452 and #602.
Kirsten Compare
In 2009 they stood at #511 and #379 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #452 and #598.
Judith Compare
In 2009 they stood at #601 and #564 in Norway · Girls; by 2010 that had become #452 and #595.
Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #507 and #445 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #511 and #627.

Moved ahead of Irma

Isabella Compare
In 1991 they stood at #391 and #392 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #654 and #302.
Sophie Compare
In 1988 they stood at #523 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #620 and #297.
Josefine Compare
In 1988 they stood at #523 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #620 and #317.
Leah Compare
In 1995 they stood at #539 and #639 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #640 and #380.

Moved the opposite way to Irma

Ada Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 while Ada went from #256 to #16.
Alice Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 while Alice went from #257 to #153.
Alma Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 while Alma went from #390 to #8.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 while Charlotte went from #345 to #141.

Moved the same way as Irma

Anne Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 and Anne from #1 to #150.
Åse Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 and Åse from #23 to #128.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 and Bjørg from #6 to #388.
Elin Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Irma went from #330 to #491 and Elin from #38 to #216.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #269 in Norway in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Irma

Irma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Irma across 2 official records

Irma by decade in Norway · Girls

Irma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Irma and the names beside it

Irma moved ahead of

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Irma at a glance

Irma across 2 official records

Irma by decade in Norway · Girls

Irma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Irma

Irma and the names beside it

Irma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Irma

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