Inri
Boy · EEN-ree · Latin
Inri is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Inri mean?
Latin: from the initials INRI
“Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”
From INRI, the Latin initials placed on the cross of Jesus: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum.
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Is Inri a girl's or a boy's name?
Inri 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 Inri 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 Inri, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Inri in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Inri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
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