Fun Facts About the Name Idalis
- 908 babies named Idalis: U.S. records list 908 babies given the name Idalis from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Idalis Mean?
Idalis is a feminine given name used mainly in Spanish-speaking communities. It has no secure meaning drawn from a common word in Spanish or in any other language where it is used. The explanation most often given connects it with Idalia, a name taken from the Greek place name Idalion (Latin Idalium), an ancient town on Cyprus. Under that explanation the sense is geographic - "of Idalium" or "from Idalium" - rather than a phrase that translates into a quality or object. A frequently repeated gloss of Idalia as "behold the sun" is a popular interpretation rather than a confirmed Greek etymology, so it should not be presented as the literal meaning. Because the link to Idalia is a probable explanation rather than a documented one, the safest statement is that the meaning of Idalis is uncertain.
Idalis Name History & Origins
If Idalis is a form of Idalia, its background reaches back to ancient Cyprus. Idalion, also written Idalium, was a town on the island, and Aphrodite, who was worshipped there, carried the title Idalia; the Latin poet Virgil uses the form Venus Idalia. The name therefore began as a place-based title of a goddess, not as a word with a translation.
Idalia was later used as a personal name in several European languages and is still current in Spanish. Idalis looks like a Spanish-language adaptation of that name, ending in the -is that appears in many Spanish feminine names. The name is found especially among Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic communities in the United States. How the form Idalis itself arose is not documented in detail, so the step from Idalia to Idalis remains a probable rather than a proven one, and it is also possible that Idalis simply developed as a similar-sounding name rather than as a direct variant of Idalia.
How Popular is the Name Idalis?
Idalis has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1996. Its best rank was #1,264 in 1996.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,052 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #10,551 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #12,634 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #9,970 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #5,008 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #8,602 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #14,463 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #10,238 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #17,226 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #17,470 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #15,324 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #12,428 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #9,968 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #9,965 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #9,439 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #9,601 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #8,273 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #6,922 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #5,439 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #5,332 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2004 | #4,757 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #4,344 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2002 | #4,679 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #3,575 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2000 | #2,719 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 1999 | #2,649 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 1998 | #1,995 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 1997 | #1,540 | 105 | 0.0060% |
| 1996 | #1,264 | 138 | 0.0079% |
| 1995 | #1,790 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 1994 | #5,097 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1989 | #13,106 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,959 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #8,345 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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