Quran
Masculine · “recitation”
Quran is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,964 boys against 34 girls since 1880.
Quran is the Arabic word for a recitation, and the book takes its name from the act of saying it aloud rather than from writing.
How old is the name Quran?
Quran first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Quran alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 1,900 people named Quran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Quran most popular?
Quran peaked in 1997, reaching #1284 nationally. Today it ranks #4539, 3,255 places below that high. See the whole 1997 chart.
Where it comes from
From qara'a to Quran
The story of Quran
The Qur'an is named for reciting, and the tradition around it is overwhelmingly oral — the text is memorised in full by very large numbers of people, and the recitation has its own science of pronunciation and rhythm. A person who has memorised it is a hafiz. Using the book's name as a personal name is uncommon in the Arab world and appears chiefly in American records, where it is a modern usage.
Meaning
recitation, reading aloud
From an Arabic root meaning to recite or read aloud; the first word of the first revelation is iqra, recite. The name of the book therefore describes an oral act, and it was transmitted by memorisation before it was written.
How the name formed
- qara'a
- Quran
Related forms: Qur'an · Kuran
Pronouncing Quran
kuh-RAAN
Two syllables with the stress on the second; the q is a k made far back in the throat.
Nicknames for Quran
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
- 1971
- Most boys named
- 199789 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1284reached in 1997
- Change vs 2024
- −31.3%22 in 2025, from 32
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.
Quran in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Qur'an in Arabic — same name
- Kuran in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Ohio, Illinois.
Qurans among us
people named Quran are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 77,640 born in 2025 was named Quran
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 Lajuan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Quran's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lajuan climbed just as high around 1972, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lajuan's path sketches the road Quran is walking now.
Quran 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
Quran beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Quran in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that describes an act rather than a thing.
- The initial Q keeps it distinct on any list.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- It names a scripture, which many Muslim families would consider inappropriate for a person.
- That is worth checking with a community before choosing it.
- English readers see qu and say kw, which is wrong.
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Quran
Masculine · #4539 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Qurans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Quran are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Quran in 2025?
- Quran ranks #4539 among US boy names in 2025, with 22 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Quran?
- About 1 in every 77,640 US boys born in 2025 was named Quran — 22 in all.
- Will my child share the name Quran with classmates?
- Quran will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Quran
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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