Female name
Irma
74,021 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1920. Expression number: 5.
Origin
From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.From Wiktionary, entry “Irma”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1920: 1,393 births. 74,021 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 1960s. It is still given: 316 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13,155 | 1900–2025 | 87th in 1907 |
| Switzerland | 3,377* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Argentina | 452 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Austria | 191 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 151 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
9 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 23 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 1 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
4
work, structure, stability
9 + 4 = 13 → 4
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.