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Idrissa

Boy · ee-DREE-sah · Arabic

Idrissa is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Idrissa mean?

Arabic: West African form of Idris

Idris is a prophet in the Quran, traditionally identified with the biblical Enoch.

Say it
ee-DREE-sah

Is Idrissa a girl's or a boy's name?

Idrissa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Idrissa in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 boys.

2009Busiest: 5 in 20222022
Idrissa in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20225#3,639
20213#4,989
20200–
20190–
20180–
20174#4,161
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20122#6,266
20110–
20103#4,865
20093#4,691

How popular is Idrissa in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,690among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Idrissa, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.

Half of all the boys named Idrissa in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1999Busiest: 14 in 20122025
Idrissa in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#10,690
20249#8,307
20238#8,916
20225#12,322
20217#9,709
20208#8,734
20197#9,750
20186#10,754
20179#8,136
20167#9,659
20158#8,739
20149#8,124
20138#8,784
201214#5,995
20119#8,072
20108#8,797
200911#7,231
20087#9,864
20070–
20067#9,579
20050–
20046#9,941
20030–
20020–
20010–
20005#10,341
19995#9,905

Names like Idrissa

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