Baran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ba-RAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Baran is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “rain”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Baran mean?
Persian: Persian and Kurdish
“rain”
Is Baran a girl's or a boy's name?
Baran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 19 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Baran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Baran, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 boys. 3 girls were also named Baran in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Baran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Baran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Baran 19
- Barron 6
In 2025, 14% of the babies named Baran in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Baran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,139 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 28 | #895 |
| 2004 | 24 | #954 |
| 2003 | 28 | #808 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Baran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Baran, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 2010. 12 boys were also named Baran in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Baran of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Baran in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baran in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
Names like Baran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Finn Brody Kayden Lochlan Rowan Kian Aiden Caelan Brogan Conan Declan
Other spellings of Baran
Names related to Baran
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Baran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baran, updated 20 October 2026.