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Idris

Boy

Origin of the name

Idris comes from the Arabic Idris, the name of a prophet mentioned in the Quran.

Rising name

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2025 was its best year: 391 births, or 1 baby in 8,479. The momentum is recent: births are up 84% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 694. 39% of all babies named Idris since 1880 were born in the 2020s.
5,031births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 694rank at its peak, in 2025

Where babies named Idris are born

2025

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The darker the blue, the more common Idris is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Idris is most common in New Jersey (2.9 times), New York (2.6) and Pennsylvania (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

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