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Idris
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About Idris
The name Idris is currently ranked #694 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #694 in 2025. The name is most popular in IDRIS, IDRIS, and IDRIS. Idris is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,236 | 147 | 76.5 |
| 2015 | #1,293 | 138 | 72 |
| 2016 | #1,098 | 179 | 94.3 |
| 2017 | #1,049 | 191 | 103.2 |
| 2018 | #960 | 216 | 118.9 |
| 2019 | #851 | 263 | 146.6 |
| 2020 | #828 | 277 | 160.5 |
| 2021 | #856 | 274 | 156.6 |
| 2022 | #768 | 329 | 188.4 |
| 2023 | #790 | 319 | 186.5 |
| 2024 | #739 | 347 | 201.4 |
| 2025 | #694 | 391 | 228.9 |
World rankings
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Famous Idriss
- Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba
British actor
- Idris
King of Libya
- Idris I and II
Kings of Morocco
- Idris Shah
Indian Sufi author
- Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris)
American jazz drummer
- Idris Davies
Welsh poet
- İdris Güllüce
Turkish politician
- Idris Rahman
British musician
Idris in pop culture
- Idris Gawr
giant and astronomer in Welsh mythology
- Idris
the shadowhunter capital in The Mortal Instruments series
- Idris
humanoid body that housed the TARDIS on TV's "Doctor Who"
- Idris
dragon in British animated series "Ivor the Engine"
- Idris
character in Mary Shelley's "The Last Man"
- Idris Williams
character on Welsh TV series "Hinterland"
- Cadair Idris
the 'Chair of Idris', mountain in Gwynedd, Wales where Idris Gawr studied the stars
- Ancient Welsh name derived from *iudd
meaning 'lord' (an obsolete element also found in Gruffudd/Griffith), and ris, 'ardent, impulsive' (same as Rhys). It was revived in the mid,19th century and used very regularly until the 1920s, but infrequent thereafter.
