Baby Name Popularity Profile

Idris

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Idris.

✦ Interpreter 🌍 Arabic Spiritual Traditional
National Rank (2025) #694
All-Time Peak Rank #694 Achieved 2025
Total U.S. Births 5,031 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 99.3% Boy / 0.7% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1914 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 391 births in 2025
💡 The Idris Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Interpreter
Language Origin Arabic
Origin Type single
Derived from the Arabic root 'darasa', meaning 'to study' or 'to learn'.
Common Nicknames
Iddy
Alternative Spellings
Idrees
Pronunciation: ID-ris
Themes & Categories
Spiritual Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Idris across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +41.2%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +183.3%
2015: 138 births 138 2016: 179 births 2017: 191 births 2018: 216 births 2019: 263 births 2020: 277 births 277 2021: 274 births 2022: 329 births 2023: 319 births 2024: 348 births 2025: 391 births 391
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 391 births in 2025
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 55 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 5
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 7
1960s: 0
1970s: 282
1980s: 283
1990s: 345
2000s: 543
2010s: 1,628
2020s: 1,938

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Idr-is
Letter Count 5 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 7.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 7.7% of SSA names. Starts with I, a letter used by only 1.7% of SSA names.

🛠️ Sibling & Surname Cadence Tool

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State New Jersey
Top States New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Georgia, Minnesota
States with Data 27
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
New Jersey #421 258 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New York #394 579 2025 +25.7% Growth
Maryland #532 97 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #874 149 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #457 98 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #591 271 2010 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #506 114 2025 Insufficient historical volume
California #640 491 2022 +12.8% Growth
Illinois #369 236 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #756 73 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #898 144 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #468 156 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #653 314 2025 +84.0% Growth
Arizona #692 43 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #826 108 2020 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #797 62 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts Unranked 49 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #471 6 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado Unranked 20 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri Unranked 22 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon Unranked 6 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #414 7 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana Unranked 11 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #655 6 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #972 6 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana Unranked 5 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama Unranked 5 2022 Insufficient historical volume

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