NameTides

Baran

Baran was the #6,803 boys' name in the US in 2025 (12 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales.

Baran as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Baran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Baran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,803 (12)#1,406 (19)—
2024#7,257 (11)#1,322 (20)—
2023—#1,108 (26)#2,614 (6)
2022—#1,224 (22)—
2021—#1,391 (18)—
2020#9,554 (7)#1,431 (17)—
2019—#1,152 (23)—
2018#8,154 (9)#1,061 (26)—
2017#6,338 (13)#1,097 (26)#2,439 (6)
2016#7,605 (10)#994 (29)—
2015#5,999 (14)#1,186 (22)#2,715 (5)
2014#7,562 (10)#1,721 (13)—
2013#8,789 (8)#1,116 (23)—
2012#8,158 (9)#1,669 (14)—
2011#12,287 (5)#2,194 (9)—

Baran as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Baran as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Baran as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#8,362 (12)#5,927 (3)#3,044 (6)
2024#12,161 (7)——
2023#13,462 (6)——
2022#15,306 (5)—#2,315 (8)
2021#13,464 (6)#4,634 (4)—
2020#10,250 (9)——
2019#10,473 (9)——
2018—#3,985 (5)#2,344 (8)
2017#10,689 (9)#4,763 (4)#2,041 (10)
2016#16,215 (5)#4,763 (4)#2,892 (6)
2015#11,835 (8)—#2,891 (6)
2014#11,931 (8)—#2,617 (7)
2013—#3,536 (6)—
2012#13,483 (7)——
2011#16,764 (5)—#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #5,999.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1999.
  • In 2025, 50% of US babies named Baran were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Across the US

Baran by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Baran (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BaranCanadaGirls#3,0446
BaranCanadaBoys—too few
BaranEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
BaranEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
BaranNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BaranUSGirls#8,36212
BaranUSBoys#6,80312