Irma

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Irma is a female given name. It is also used in combination with other names in the abbreviated form "Irm-," for example, Irmine, Irmela, Irmgard, Irmgardis, and Irmentraud. The name comes from the Old High German "irmin", meaning "world".

From Wikipedia

Irma first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 1,393 babies (rank #164 that year). In 2024 it was given to 67 girls (rank #2,609). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Irma

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Irma yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

73,969

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,393

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Irma

Irma Greseconcentration camp guard · b. 1923

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	30	#285
1881	36	#269
1882	58	#227
1883	53	#247
1884	62	#246
1885	69	#241
1886	81	#227
1887	90	#219
1888	120	#205
1889	134	#197
1890	154	#191
1891	193	#172
1892	194	#181
1893	215	#170
1894	240	#170
1895	247	#170
1896	261	#166
1897	308	#150
1898	319	#160
1899	276	#164
1900	326	#168
1901	304	#157
1902	368	#146
1903	346	#152
1904	360	#148
1905	428	#141
1906	391	#152
1907	409	#156
1908	478	#143
1909	499	#143
1910	547	#149
1911	615	#137
1912	743	#146
1913	830	#144
1914	1,015	#146
1915	1,310	#142
1916	1,353	#149
1917	1,340	#156
1918	1,333	#166
1919	1,375	#160
1920	1,393	#164
1921	1,376	#165
1922	1,167	#184
1923	1,160	#188
1924	1,268	#179
1925	1,230	#177
1926	1,298	#170
1927	1,169	#178
1928	1,102	#184
1929	1,074	#184
1930	1,084	#180
1931	938	#195
1932	946	#194
1933	817	#211
1934	835	#212
1935	837	#204
1936	748	#219
1937	800	#206
1938	766	#221
1939	746	#224
1940	749	#223
1941	774	#225
1942	770	#246
1943	773	#249
1944	704	#259
1945	682	#258
1946	774	#258
1947	853	#257
1948	849	#259
1949	824	#268
1950	890	#255
1951	916	#255
1952	859	#276
1953	931	#268
1954	952	#272
1955	949	#279
1956	910	#296
1957	1,095	#262
1958	955	#291
1959	973	#290
1960	958	#300
1961	841	#326
1962	773	#339
1963	764	#343
1964	686	#363
1965	728	#334
1966	641	#360
1967	576	#382
1968	532	#405
1969	574	#394
1970	490	#448
1971	480	#436
1972	420	#447
1973	470	#416
1974	385	#469
1975	429	#451
1976	371	#489
1977	313	#561
1978	319	#551
1979	352	#534
1980	333	#560
1981	318	#581
1982	319	#575
1983	219	#747
1984	273	#642
1985	211	#793
1986	222	#772
1987	223	#790
1988	256	#732
1989	264	#746
1990	312	#683
1991	285	#729
1992	239	#837
1993	228	#849
1994	232	#854
1995	197	#953
1996	188	#1,000
1997	172	#1,094
1998	170	#1,125
1999	190	#1,061
2000	165	#1,206
2001	152	#1,286
2002	162	#1,239
2003	156	#1,322
2004	151	#1,383
2005	119	#1,676
2006	129	#1,645
2007	106	#1,946
2008	111	#1,905
2009	97	#2,093
2010	81	#2,350
2011	72	#2,517
2012	63	#2,784
2013	48	#3,339
2014	67	#2,626
2015	67	#2,662
2016	71	#2,526
2017	71	#2,521
2018	52	#3,130
2019	44	#3,524
2020	69	#2,509
2021	60	#2,835
2022	70	#2,538
2023	68	#2,597
2024	67	#2,609