Imran

Imran was the #969 boys' name in the US in 2025 (237 babies), and #478 in England & Wales and #419 in Canada.

Imran as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Imran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Imran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#969 (237)#478 (81)#647 (4)#577 (5)#419 (77)
2024#977 (231)#453 (89)#478 (6)#655 (4)#474 (64)
2023#935 (242)#494 (80)#728 (3)—#522 (53)
2022#997 (223)#592 (63)—#454 (7)#544 (50)
2021#1,040 (207)#641 (57)——#753 (35)
2020#1,011 (206)#611 (58)——#494 (54)
2019#1,152 (169)#575 (65)——#511 (55)
2018#933 (225)#629 (57)——#524 (53)
2017#1,056 (189)#554 (70)——#576 (46)
2016#1,037 (191)#486 (83)——#550 (50)
2015#1,077 (183)#500 (77)—#699 (3)#538 (51)
2014#1,128 (170)#438 (92)—#715 (3)#610 (44)
2013#1,128 (161)#497 (76)#687 (3)—#497 (56)
2012#1,299 (133)#454 (87)—#718 (3)#640 (38)
2011#1,296 (132)#486 (75)—#540 (5)#762 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #935.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 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 7,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Imran is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 7,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Imran by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #182MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #502NYMassachusetts: 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: #710OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,011CAUtah: 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: #670VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: 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: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Imran (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#23123
Ontario2024#50324

Imran (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ImranCanadaBoys#41977
ImranEngland & WalesBoys#47881
ImranIrelandBoys#5775
ImranNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ImranScotlandBoys#6474
ImranUSBoys#969237