Kamran
Masculine · “successful”
Kamran is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,398 boys against 10 girls since 1880.
Kamran is successful in Persian — one who achieves his desire — from kam, a wish.
How old is the name Kamran?
Kamran first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Kamran alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 2,400 people named Kamran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kamran most popular?
Kamran peaked in 2004, reaching #1516 nationally. Today it ranks #2604, 1,088 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
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Where it comes from
From kam to Kamran
The story of Kamran
Kam names a wish or desire in Persian, and kamran is one who has attained it — a compact way of saying successful. Kamran Mirza was Babur's son and Humayun's rebellious brother. The name is standard across Persian, Urdu and Azerbaijani naming and is in current American use.
Meaning
successful, fortunate
From the Persian kamran, 'successful' or 'prosperous', from kam, 'desire' or 'wish', and a suffix of possession — one who has what he wants. The Persian is ordinary and the reading undisputed. Kamran Mirza was a Mughal prince.
How the name formed
- kam
- kamran
- Kamran
Related forms: کامران · Kamran · Kamran
Pronouncing Kamran
kahm-RAHN
Two syllables, stress on the second. Persian says it the same way.
Nicknames for Kamran
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
- 1965
- Most boys named
- 200794 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1516reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- +6.4%50 in 2025, from 47
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.
Kamran in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- کامران in Persian — transliteration
- Kamran in Urdu — same name
- Kamran in Azerbaijani — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Kamrans among us
people named Kamran are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was named Kamran
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 Zacharia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kamran's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Zacharia climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Zacharia's path sketches the road Kamran is walking now.
Kamran 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 Kamran is headed
Kamran should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Kamran beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kamran in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name compresses 'one who has what he wants' is a first-rate construction.
- Kami is available as a warm short form.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- It reads as specifically Persian or South Asian.
- Kamran and Cameron are close enough in sound to be confused.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kamrans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Kamran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kamran in 2025?
- Kamran ranks #2604 among US boy names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kamran?
- About 1 in every 34,162 US boys born in 2025 was named Kamran — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kamran with classmates?
- Kamran will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kamran
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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