UK girl's name
Irum
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2017. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Irum is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Irum popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2017 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4763, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 8 births.
This profile covers 75 England and Wales registrations across 14 recorded years from 1996 to 2017. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 50% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 80 living people in the UK are called Irum. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2018 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Irum ranked #4763 for girls in England and Wales in 2017, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 8 girls were registered as Irum.
- • Irum ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
- • About 80 living people in the UK are estimated to have Irum as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4763
2017
Births in 2017
4
Latest year
Peak year
1996
8 births
Estimated living
80
2026
Popularity
Irum over time
The chart below shows babies named Irum registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2017. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Irum, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2017, compared with 8 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Irum by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Irum was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4388 | 9 | 2 |
| 2000s | #3307 | 40 | 8 |
| 1990s | #2304 | 26 | 4 |
Geography
Where Irum is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Irum. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Irum ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
Across the UK
Irum in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#760 in 2022
2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
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- Iris 10,353
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- Indie 3,873
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FAQ
Irum: questions and answers
How popular is the name Irum in the UK right now?
In 2017, Irum was ranked #4763 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Irum most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 8 babies registered as Irum in England and Wales.
How many people are called Irum in the UK?
A total of 75 babies have been registered as Irum across the 14 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland.
Where is Irum most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Irum ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #760 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.