Ran

Where Ran comes from

From Hebrew רָן (ran).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ran
  • Hebrew
  • Japanese
Along the way
  1. 1887
    Debut at its peak, #921
    #921 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1970
    Ran Ben-Shimon born
    Israeli former association footballer, and current head-coach of the Israel national team
  4. 1984
    Ran Danker born
    Israeli actor, singer and model
  5. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes
  • Ran Danker · Israeli actor, singer and model, born 1984
  • Ran Ben-Shimon · Israeli former association footballer, and current head-coach of the Israel national team, born 1970
  • Ran Takahashi · Japanese volleyball player, born 2001
  • Ran Cohen · Israeli politician, born 1937
  • Ran Raz · Israeli theoretical computer scientist, born 1966

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.