Iran

Where Iran comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Iran.

Iran through the years
  1. 1921
    First appearance
    #4,322 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Peak, #1,566
    30 babies named Iran, its best rank.
  3. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,912.
  4. 2008
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Iran hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.