Idris
Boy · ID-ris · Welsh
Idris is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “ardent lord”. In 2025 it ranked 156th for boys in the UK (381 babies) and 694th for boys in the US (391 babies).
What does Idris mean?
Welsh: Welsh name; also the Arabic name of a Quranic prophet
“ardent lord”
Cadair Idris in Snowdonia is named after Idris, a legendary giant; in Islam, Idris is a prophet identified with Enoch.
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Is Idris a girl's or a boy's name?
Idris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 381 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 391 boys in the US.
How popular is Idris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #156among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 381about 1 in 790 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 381 boys in the UK were named Idris, making it the 156th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 185th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Idris of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Idris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 142nd in England and Wales and 278th in Scotland.
Idris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 381 | #156 |
| 2024 | 339 | #169 |
| 2023 | 316 | #183 |
| 2022 | 295 | #195 |
| 2021 | 325 | #189 |
| 2020 | 312 | #185 |
| 2019 | 334 | #177 |
| 2018 | 251 | #231 |
| 2017 | 268 | #226 |
| 2016 | 256 | #238 |
| 2015 | 183 | #299 |
| 2014 | 168 | #308 |
| 2013 | 107 | #435 |
| 2012 | 91 | #480 |
| 2011 | 87 | #476 |
| 2010 | 57 | #639 |
| 2009 | 54 | #659 |
| 2008 | 32 | #933 |
| 2007 | 52 | #634 |
| 2006 | 48 | #652 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 41 | #649 |
| 2003 | 41 | #611 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 33 | #629 |
| 2000 | 28 | #713 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 33 | #605 |
| 1997 | 31 | #611 |
| 1996 | 32 | #575 |
How popular is Idris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #694among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 391about 1 in 4,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 391 boys in the US were named Idris, making it the 694th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 828th. It first appears in the records in 1914. 6 girls were also named Idris in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Idris of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Idris in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Idris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 391 | #694 |
| 2024 | 348 | #740 |
| 2023 | 319 | #790 |
| 2022 | 329 | #768 |
| 2021 | 274 | #855 |
| 2020 | 277 | #828 |
| 2019 | 263 | #851 |
| 2018 | 216 | #958 |
| 2017 | 191 | #1,049 |
| 2016 | 179 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,287 |
| 2014 | 147 | #1,237 |
| 2013 | 139 | #1,255 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,258 |
| 2011 | 114 | #1,440 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,565 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,545 |
| 2008 | 74 | #1,932 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,091 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,929 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,319 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
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