NameTides

Idris

Idris was the #694 boys' name in the US in 2025 (391 babies), and #142 in England & Wales and #306 in Canada.

Idris as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Idris as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUSIreland
Idris as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#694 (391)#142 (368)#278 (13)—#676 (4)#306 (108)
2024#740 (348)#153 (335)#619 (4)——#287 (115)
2023#790 (319)#167 (310)#482 (6)—#770 (3)#352 (86)
2022#768 (329)#173 (291)#590 (4)——#425 (68)
2021#855 (274)#171 (317)#401 (8)——#353 (92)
2020#828 (277)#174 (304)#390 (8)—#741 (3)#377 (82)
2019#851 (263)#163 (323)#320 (11)—#646 (4)#375 (83)
2018#958 (216)#211 (248)#704 (3)—#749 (3)#444 (64)
2017#1,049 (191)#204 (261)#442 (7)——#531 (52)
2016#1,096 (179)#227 (247)#375 (9)——#635 (42)
2015#1,287 (138)#280 (177)#470 (6)——#624 (42)
2014#1,237 (147)#291 (159)#490 (6)#398 (3)—#806 (29)
2013#1,255 (139)#379 (107)———#944 (23)
2012#1,258 (140)#440 (90)———#966 (22)
2011#1,440 (114)#449 (84)#648 (3)——#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #694.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 740common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Idris is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Idris by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #392NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #577PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #638CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #497VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #887FL
Idris (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19869
Quebec2025#25320

Idris (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IdrisCanadaBoys#306108
IdrisEngland & WalesBoys#142368
IdrisIrelandBoys#6764
IdrisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IdrisScotlandBoys#27813
IdrisUSGirls#13,2086
IdrisUSBoys#694391