Imran

What Imran means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Imran yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Imran?

US: Rising: up from #1077 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #500 in 2015, #478 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 242 boys got the name (#935 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 7,207 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,357 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (1.47 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.39 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Imran is #969 in the US and #478 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Imran were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emran26 US · 7 E&W
• Omran13 US · 7 E&W
• Imraan16 US · 3 E&W
• Imron17 US
• Amran9 US
• Amron7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Imran

Boys

• Idris#694Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #142 vs #694 in 2025
• Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*

For a sister

• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Khadija#980Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #146 vs #980 in 2025
• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Imran’s. Rank is US 2025.