Iran
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #13,006
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 76.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,359since 1921
Iran over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,532 | 28 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | — | #1,566 | 30 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,625 | 23 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five boys were named Iran! It came in at #4,322, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1926, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Iran is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Iran in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Iran
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,793 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #7,194)
- 1,545 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #7,194)
- 128 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1972 at #1,566 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 45,607
- Highest: 1 in 45,607 boys born in 1978 were named Iran (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,566 in 1972, was only 1 in 54,054 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 19.1% of all boys named Iran (259) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 26 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,741 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,534 |
| 1940s | 31 | #2,671 (1940) | #3,146 |
| 1950s | 82 | #1,865 (1959) | #2,736 |
| 1960s | 159 | #1,625 (1965) | #2,124 |
| 1970s | 259 | #1,566 (1972) | #1,859 |
| 1980s | 181 | #2,207 (1982) | #2,809 |
| 1990s | 208 | #2,532 (1992) | #3,372 |
| 2000s | 228 | #2,797 (2001) | #4,119 |
| 2010s | 121 | #4,848 (2010) | #6,776 |
| 2020s | 59 | #7,089 (2021) | #7,835 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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