# Idris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/idris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,084 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,031 / 53 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Idris.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 7 | 4,165 |
| 1921 | 7 | 4,211 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,691 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,982 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,538 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,599 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,168 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,647 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,853 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 114 | 1,444 |
| 2012 | 140 | 1,259 |
| 2013 | 139 | 1,257 |
| 2014 | 147 | 1,237 |
| 2015 | 138 | 1,293 |
| 2016 | 179 | 1,098 |
| 2017 | 191 | 1,050 |
| 2018 | 216 | 960 |
| 2019 | 263 | 852 |
| 2020 | 277 | 828 |
| 2021 | 274 | 856 |
| 2022 | 329 | 769 |
| 2023 | 319 | 791 |
| 2024 | 348 | 740 |
| 2025 | 391 | 694 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 449 |
| 2012 | 90 | 440 |
| 2013 | 107 | 379 |
| 2014 | 159 | 291 |
| 2015 | 177 | 280 |
| 2016 | 247 | 227 |
| 2017 | 261 | 204 |
| 2018 | 248 | 211 |
| 2019 | 323 | 163 |
| 2020 | 304 | 174 |
| 2021 | 317 | 171 |
| 2022 | 291 | 173 |
| 2023 | 310 | 167 |
| 2024 | 335 | 153 |
| 2025 | 368 | 142 |

## People named Idris

- Idris al-Ma'mun, Almohad Caliph from 1229 to 1232
- Idris II, Almohad caliph from 1266 to 1269
- Tunku Ismail Idris, Crown Prince of Johor
- Idris Bell, British papyrologist (1879–1967)
- Eyedress, Filipino musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.