How rare is the name Imran?

6,017 people in the United States have the first name Imran, about 1 in 50,196. It ranks #3,453 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

IMRAN

#3,453

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,017
About
1 in 50,196
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,017 people named Imran, 63.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 17.5% as Black and 11.1% as White. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Imran peaked in 2023, when 242 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
242
In 2025*
237 ▼2%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,558 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Imran by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,064. The largest share of babies named Imran, 57.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#6,818137
1980s#3,985396
1990s#4,506460
2000s#4,771593
2010s#2,5291,626
2020s#2,0641,346
Generation X 1965–803.7%
Millennials 1981–9615.4%
Generation Z 1997–1223.1%
2013 and later57.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Imran is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Imran has been most common in Minnesota (8×), Washington (2.8×), and New York (2.8×), and least common in Michigan (0.35×).

3,035 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Imran

1 other first name also has 6,017 people.

#3,453 Thad · 6,017

Either side of Imran

#3,451 Maribeth · 6,019#3,451 Murphy · 6,019#3,453 Thad · 6,017#3,455 Jaylyn · 6,015

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Imran, most common first.

#35,789 Imraan · 224#37,708 Imrana · 206

Also a last name

As a last name, Imran ranks #11,567 of 156,621, with 2,600 people. See Imran as a last name

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