NameTides

Iqra

Iqra was the #1,467 girls' name in the US in 2025 (146 babies), and #281 in England & Wales and #600 in Canada.

Iqra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Iqra as a girl’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Iqra as a girl’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#1,467 (146)#281 (162)#474 (6)#885 (3)#600 (50)
2024#1,553 (137)#301 (143)——#631 (46)
2023#1,627 (128)#291 (151)#630 (4)—#749 (37)
2022#1,828 (111)#344 (125)#470 (6)—#837 (32)
2021#2,007 (96)#389 (115)#652 (4)—#1,454 (16)
2020#2,394 (73)#426 (100)——#761 (37)
2019#2,331 (77)#368 (119)—#871 (3)#1,533 (15)
2018#2,557 (68)#415 (105)#583 (5)—#1,507 (15)
2017#2,779 (61)#389 (116)——#1,123 (22)
2016#2,667 (65)#356 (134)——#1,335 (18)
2015#2,890 (60)#352 (133)——#1,584 (14)
2014#2,809 (61)#312 (148)——#1,340 (18)
2013#3,465 (45)#313 (150)#564 (5)—#1,792 (12)
2012#3,094 (54)#317 (153)#426 (8)—#1,904 (11)
2011#3,303 (49)#264 (185)#810 (3)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,467.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Iqra is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,800 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Iqra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: 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: #1,037VAMaryland: 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: #1,154TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Iqra (girls) 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
Ontario2024#36435

Iqra (girls): 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
IqraCanadaGirls#60050
IqraEngland & WalesGirls#281162
IqraIrelandGirls#8853
IqraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IqraScotlandGirls#4746
IqraUSGirls#1,467146