Idrissa — #8652 US boys' name
162 babies named Idrissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Idrissa was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Idrissa in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Idrissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Idrissa between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Idrissa currently holds the #8652 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Idrissa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Idrissa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Idrissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Idrissa 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 162 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.
Idrissa at a glance
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Current rank
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Idrissa popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2012)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #8652 among boys.
162 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 14 births in a single year.
Idrissa popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1973 (Idrissa as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Idrissa accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Idrissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 52% of Idrissa's all-time total
Idrissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Idrissa's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Idrissa by state
Where Idrissa concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.7% |
6 of 162 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.