Quran

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #10,345 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,284
1997 · 89 births
Debut · boys
1971
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,964
since 1971

Quran over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Quran has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #1,284, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,53922
2024—#3,52432
2023—#3,88328
2022—#4,30324
2021—#3,81428
2020—#4,02025
2019—#3,05239
2018—#3,37333
2017—#2,95140
2016—#3,16136
2015—#3,14936
2014—#2,58247
2013—#3,40531
2012—#3,29733
2011—#2,43751
2010—#2,46750
2009—#2,25258
2008—#2,23759
2007—#2,09465
2006—#2,03765
2005—#1,81371
2004—#2,07557
2003—#2,31246
2002—#2,12550
2001—#1,81661
2000—#1,58574
1999#10,3458#1,65564
1998#12,4266#1,41880
1997—#1,28489
1996—#1,34780
1995#10,5147#1,75850
1994#11,7786#1,47165
1993#10,5887#1,31375
1992—#1,98140
1991—#2,75324
1990—#2,30830
1989—#2,78422
1988—#3,70513
1987—#3,95911
1986—#3,00516
1985—#3,40113
1984—#3,10714
1983—#3,41112
1982—#3,69211
1981—#3,85810
1980—#3,43012
1979—#4,4038
1978—#2,47318
1977—#3,60610
1976—#4,4187
1975—#3,42810
1974—#3,5589
1973—#5,1015
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Quran! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Quran is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMINew York: #1,013 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 13,981 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedINOhio: #761 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,249 boysOHPennsylvania: #537 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,670 boysPANew Jersey: #585 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,319 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Quran, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#537 · 1 in 6,670
  2. New Jersey#585 · 1 in 6,319
  3. Ohio#761 · 1 in 12,249
  4. New York#1,013 · 1 in 13,981

Best ever in a state: #366 in New Jersey, 1997.

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Pennsylvania#537111 in 6,670
New Jersey#58581 in 6,319
Ohio#76161 in 12,249
New York#1,01391 in 13,981
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Quran
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,015 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #4,539)
  • 519 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #4,539)
  • 1,390 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #4,539)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,284 (89 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 15 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 21,181
  • Highest: 1 in 21,181 boys born in 1997 were named Quran (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Quran (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s72#2,473 (1978)#3,987
1980s134#2,784 (1989)#3,435
1990s597#1,284 (1997)#1,729
2000s606#1,585 (2000)#2,035
2010s396#2,437 (2011)#2,987
2020s159#3,524 (2024)#4,014

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.

Quran in 1994

girls
#11,778
6 births · 1 in 297,626 girls
boys
#1,471
65 births · 1 in 29,724 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #11,778Quran6

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,471Quran65
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 297,626 of them was named Quran, which outranked 25.3% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quran
  1. #10,569Zahirah7
  2. #10,569Zaria7
  3. #10,569Zitlaly7
  4. #11,778Quran6
  5. #11,778Aala6
  6. #11,778Aaleeyah6
  7. #11,778Aariona6
  8. #13,430Aailyah5
  9. #13,430Aaliayah5
  10. #13,430Aalijah5

Tied with 1,651 names at #11,778; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 29,724 of them was named Quran, which outranked 85.6% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quran
  1. #1,454Semaj66
  2. #1,454Valentino66
  3. #1,454Wolfgang66
  4. #1,471Quran65
  5. #1,471Boris65
  6. #1,471Mathias65
  7. #1,471Rashid65
  8. #1,477Andrea64
  9. #1,477Arman64
  10. #1,477Elton64

Tied with 5 names at #1,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994 →