How rare is the name Kamran?

4,047 people in the United States have the first name Kamran, about 1 in 74,631. It ranks #4,554 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAMRAN

#4,554

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,047
About
1 in 74,631
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,047 people named Kamran, 43.2% reported their origin as White, 33.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 12.3% as two or more races. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kamran peaked in 2007, when 94 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
94
In 2025*
50 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,408 babies have been given the name since 1965. 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.

Kamran by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,329. The largest share of babies named Kamran, 42.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#8,73791
1980s#6,163211
1990s#5,225372
2000s#4,329688
2010s#4,475698
2020s#5,134342
Generation X 1965–804.7%
Millennials 1981–9618.3%
Generation Z 1997–1242.9%
2013 and later34.1%

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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Kamran ranks #22,171 of 156,621, with 1,193 people. See Kamran as a last name

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