Razan
Feminine · “composure”
Razan is an Arabic word for a particular kind of steadiness — the composure of someone who is not easily moved, and who carries a certain weight when they speak. It is a quality name rather than a description, and Arabic has a great many of them.
How old is the name Razan?
Razan first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Razan is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Razan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Razan most popular?
Razan peaked in 2024, reaching #2178 nationally. Today it ranks #2751, 573 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Razan
Arabic given names for women draw heavily on abstract qualities — Amal, hope; Iman, faith; Rahma, mercy; Razan, composure — and the practice is old and continuous rather than fashionable. The name is used across the Levant and the Gulf and reaches United States records with families from Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq and the peninsula. Because the meaning is an ordinary Arabic word, it needs no explanation anywhere Arabic is spoken, which is a great deal of the world.
Meaning
composure; dignity, self-possession
From the Arabic root r-z-n, which carries weight and gravity in the sense of seriousness rather than heaviness. Razan is the abstract noun: the bearing of a person who is not easily shaken. The related Razin and Razina are used as names too. The reading is transparent to Arabic speakers and is not disputed.
Pronouncing Razan
rah-ZAHN
Two syllables with the stress on the second and both vowels open. The r is tapped in Arabic, closer to the Spanish r than the English one. American English often says RAY-zan, which is a different name's sound.
Nicknames for Razan
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
- 1983
- Most girls named
- 202487 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2178reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −28.7%62 in 2025, from 87
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.
Razan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Razan in Arabic — transliteration
- Rezan in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, California.
Razans among us
people named Razan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 25,924 born in 2025 was named Razan
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 Jaelin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Razan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jaelin climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jaelin's path sketches the road Razan is walking now.
Razan 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 Razan is headed
Razan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Razan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Razan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A clear, documented meaning that every Arabic speaker recognizes without being told.
- Five letters, no silent ones, and readable at sight by an English speaker.
- The quality it names is unusual — composure rather than beauty or joy — which very few names offer.
- English speakers will stress the first syllable and flatten the vowels until corrected.
- Razan, Razzan and Rezan are separate spellings that circulate together.
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Frequently asked
- How many Razans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Razan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Razan in 2025?
- Razan ranks #2751 among US girl names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Razan?
- About 1 in every 25,924 US girls born in 2025 was named Razan — 62 in all.
- Will my child share the name Razan with classmates?
- Razan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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