Iram
Girl · ih-RUM · Arabic
Iram is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Iram mean?
Arabic: from Iram, a legendary city in the Qur'an
Iram of the Pillars is a lost city named in the Qur'an, often imagined as a fabulous garden city.
- Say it
- ih-RUM
Is Iram a girl's or a boy's name?
Iram is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iram in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 70 girls.
Half of all the girls named Iram in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Iram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 36 | #751 |
| 2000 | 42 | #665 |
| 1999 | 60 | #531 |
| 1998 | 62 | #519 |
| 1997 | 55 | #543 |
| 1996 | 70 | #465 |
How popular is Iram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Iram, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer boys named Iram than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Iram in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Iram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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