Imran
Masculine · “Either "prosperity”
Imran is the Arabic ʿImrān, the name that heads the third chapter of the Quran — Āl ʿImrān, "the Family of Imran". It is two syllables that open softly and land on a long open vowel, the same shape carried by Urdu, Malay, Bosnian and Turkish speakers with no change of spelling at all.
How old is the name Imran?
Imran first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Imran is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 4,500 people named Imran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Imran most popular?
Imran peaked in 2018, reaching #933 nationally. Today it ranks #969, 36 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
Imran appears on this list:
Works in French families too:
Where it comes from
From Amram to Imran
The story of Imran
In the Quran, Imran is the father of Maryam, and the third sura is named for his household; in the Hebrew Bible, Amram is the father of Moses, Aaron and Miriam. Islamic tradition treats the two as connected, and the names are linguistically parallel, which is why Imran has been read for centuries against Amram. From Arabic the name traveled with Islam into Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Bosnian and Malay, spelled the same way in Latin letters nearly everywhere it went. It reached American records through more recent migration, and its footholds in Minnesota, New York and California follow the Somali, South Asian and Arab communities that settled there.
Meaningscholars disagree
Either "prosperity, long life" or "exalted people", depending on which root you follow
One reading takes it from the Arabic root ʿ-m-r, which gives words for building, flourishing and long life. The other treats ʿImrān as the Arabic form of the Hebrew name Amram, read as "the people is exalted" (am, people, plus ram, high). Both are seriously held, and the second is tied to the two names belonging to the same figure across scriptures.
How the name formed
- Amram
- ʿImrān
- Imran
Related forms: عمران · عمران · İmran · Amram · Imran · Imran
Pronouncing Imran
im-RAHN
Stress on the second syllable, with a long open "ah". Many American speakers default to IM-run instead, which is easily corrected. The initial letter in Arabic is ʿayn, a throat consonant English has no equivalent for, so the Arabic pronunciation is closer to "ʿim-RAAN".
Nicknames for Imran
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 2023242 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #933reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- +2.6%237 in 2025, from 231
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Imran in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- عمران in Arabic — transliteration
- عمران in Urdu — transliteration
- İmran in Turkish — spelling variant
- Amram in Hebrew — related form
- Imran in Malay / Indonesian — same name
- Imran in Bosnian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, New York, California. INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from INSEE. Sources
Imrans among us
people named Imran are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 7,207 born in 2025 was named Imran
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Geno test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Imran's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Geno climbed just as high around 1914, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Geno's path sketches the road Imran is walking now.
Imran sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Imran is headed
Imran should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Imran beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Imran in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One spelling covers Arabic, Urdu, Malay, Bosnian and English — it crosses borders without being rewritten.
- Short, phonetic and free of silent letters; once heard, it is spelled correctly.
- Anchored in a Quranic chapter title, giving it a continuous written record of well over a millennium.
- Also appears in French birth records, so it is recognized outside the United States.
- Two stress patterns compete in American mouths: im-RAHN and IM-run. Most families settle on one and correct politely for a few years; both are in genuine use.
- In Turkey, İmran is given to girls. Only relevant if there are Turkish ties in the family, but worth knowing before anyone is surprised.
- English short forms exist but none is fixed, so Imran is mostly used at full length. That suits some families and frustrates others.
- Variant spellings — Imraan, Emran — circulate, so an occasional form will come back misspelled. The name itself is short enough that corrections stick fast.
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Frequently asked
- How many Imrans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,500 people named Imran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Imran in 2025?
- Imran ranks #969 among US boy names in 2025, with 237 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Imran?
- About 1 in every 7,207 US boys born in 2025 was named Imran — 237 in all.
- Will my child share the name Imran with classmates?
- Imran will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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