Idris — #739 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Idris

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,638 babies named Idris between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Idris currently holds the #739 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 347 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Idris performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,627 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Idris shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 535 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Idris in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Idris in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,638 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.