Idris

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Idris: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Idris: Recorded since 1968, its highest recorded position is #153, and it stood at #200 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
69times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#153highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#535
1997	#589
1998	#554
1999	#776
2000	#673
2001	#602
2002	#691
2003	#565
2004	#599
2005	#628
2006	#608
2007	#589
2008	#943
2009	#596
2010	#603
2011	#449
2012	#440
2013	#379
2014	#291
2015	#280
2016	#227
2017	#204
2018	#211
2019	#163
2020	#174
2021	#171
2022	#173
2023	#167
2024	#153

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 31 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2025: #200 among boys in Norway, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #540 among boys in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #153 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #200 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Idris appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 261 births with the name.

Idris across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Idris's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#540 (1968)	#194 (2024)	#200 (2025)	31 of 58	261 (1968–2025)	24 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#535 (1996)	#153 (2024)	#153 (2024)	29 of 29	3,810 (1996–2024)	335 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#596 (2006)	#676 (2025)	7 of 20	23 (2006–2025)	4 (2019)

Idris by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Idris in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	19	4 of 10	5
1980s	34	5 of 10	7
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010s	70	8 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	100	6 of 10	17

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Idris appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #153 in England and Wales in 2024.

Idris's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#153	335	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#167	310	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#173	291	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#171	317	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#174	304	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#163	323	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#211	248	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#204	261	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#227	247	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#280	177	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#291	159	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#379	107	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#440	90	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#449	84	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#603	55	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#596	54	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#943	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#589	50	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#608	47	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#628	42	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#599	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#565	40	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#602	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#776	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#554	33	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#589	29	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#200	22	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#194	24	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#228	20	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#258	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#322	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#344	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#285	15	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#329	11	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#383	9	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#495	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#498	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#507	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#485	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#548	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#464	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#578	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#599	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#585	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#533	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#415	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#466	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#577	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#617	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#560	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#519	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#540	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1968 and 2025, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #153, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 335 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 56 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ide · #312, 36y
Idrees · #381, 29y
Idriss · #2076, 21y
Idun · #220, 68y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maximilian · #149, 38y
Martyna · #143, 41y
Noor · #131, 41y
Nikolas · #177, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Fearghal · #153, 47y
Keiran · #153, 30y
Moya · #153, 42y
Assumpta · #154, 22y

Idris was ranked #153 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Idris and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Idris without appearing here.

Idris moved ahead of

Gerard Compare
In 2008 they stood at #943 and #867 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #596 and #1358.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #691 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #565 and #1132.
Brett Compare
In 2008 they stood at #943 and #775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #596 and #972.
Gary Compare
In 2009 they stood at #596 and #576 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #603 and #897.

Moved ahead of Idris

Arlo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #589 and #651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #943 and #567.
Roman Compare
In 1999 they stood at #776 and #809 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #673 and #401.
Teddy Compare
In 1998 they stood at #554 and #657 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #776 and #544.
Lukas Compare
In 1986 they stood at #415 and #435 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #533 and #328.

Moved the opposite way to Idris

Arild Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 while Arild went from #36 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 while Arne went from #28 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 while Bjørn went from #2 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 while Dag went from #31 to #426.

Moved the same way as Idris

Adam Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 and Adam from #187 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 and Adrian from #332 to #70.
Alan Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 and Alan from #485 to #274.
Alex Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Idris went from #540 to #200 and Alex from #453 to #259.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #153 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Idris

Idris at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Idris across 3 official records

Idris by decade in Norway · Boys

Idris appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Idris and the names beside it

Idris moved ahead of

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Idris at a glance

Idris across 3 official records

Idris by decade in Norway · Boys

Idris appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Idris

Idris and the names beside it

Idris moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Idris

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