Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kor-AHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Quran is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “recitation”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Quran mean?
Arabic
“recitation”
Named after the holy book of Islam, revealed according to Muslim belief to the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Quran a girl's or a boy's name?
Quran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Quran, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 89 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Quran than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Quran in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 71 | #1,810 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 64 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,415 |
| 1997 | 89 | #1,281 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,345 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 65 | #1,466 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,308 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Quran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Declan Brayden Ronan Aiden Brennan Kayden Kenan Kian Finnegan Rylan Brody
Names related to Quran
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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, “Quran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quran, updated 20 October 2026.