Meaning and history
Irma is a German short form of names beginning with the Old German element irmin, meaning “whole” or “great,” from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz, and is therefore related to Emma. It came into regular use in the English-speaking world in the 19th century.
20062006: 129 births, rank #1,639
2007: 106 births, rank #1,940
2008: 111 births, rank #1,903
2009: 97 births, rank #2,090
2010: 81 births, rank #2,341
20112011: 72 births, rank #2,511
2012: 63 births, rank #2,770
2013: 48 births, rank #3,314
2014: 67 births, rank #2,615
2015: 67 births, rank #2,646
20162016: 71 births, rank #2,517
2017: 71 births, rank #2,508
2018: 52 births, rank #3,107
2019: 44 births, rank #3,499
2020: 69 births, rank #2,500
20212021: 60 births, rank #2,818
2022: 70 births, rank #2,530
2023: 68 births, rank #2,588
2024: 68 births, rank #2,585
20252025: 50 births, rank #3,167
Irma moved from #953 to #1000 for girls between 1995 and 1996. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 1,393 births.