Iran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-RAHN
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Iran is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Iran come from?
Persian: probably from the name of the country
Is Iran a girl's or a boy's name?
Iran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Iran, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Iran in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 24% of the babies named Iran in the US in 1974, and 52% in 2007.
Iran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Names like Iran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan Ahmad Amir Devin Imran Keegan Samir Dylan Ibrahim Brennan Keenan Muhammad
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from 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, “Iran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iran, updated 20 October 2026.