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Boran

Boy · boh-RAHN · Turkish

Boran is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “storm, thundery rain”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Boran mean?

Turkish: from Turkish boran

“storm, thundery rain”

Say it
boh-RAHN

Is Boran a girl's or a boy's name?

Boran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Boran in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Boran, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 boys.

Half of all the boys named Boran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2002Busiest: 18 in 20072025
Boran in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20244#4,346
20230–
20220–
20214#4,188
20203#4,803
20196#3,184
20185#3,596
20175#3,608
20160–
20150–
20144#4,063
20135#3,466
20120–
20110–
20106#3,092
20096#2,970
200810#2,048
200718#1,343
20067#2,386
20057#2,292
20040–
20035#2,574
20025#2,358

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