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Quran

koo-RAHN /kuˈrɑn/ Arabic

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#4,539 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
22 (<0.01% of boys)
Trend
Slipping #4,020 in 2020 to #4,539 in 2025
Peak
#1,284 in 1997
First recorded
1971

Meaning of Quran

The name Quran ripples with the lilt of ancient Arabic chants and shimmers like a desert sunrise, for in its very syllables—koo-RAHN—lies the sacred meaning “the recitation,” a living echo of verses once carried on the warm Arabian winds. It weaves a tapestry of spiritual longing and poetic eloquence, as if each utterance were a gentle canto that stirs the soul’s deepest rhythms. Through centuries it has stood as a vessel of divine revelation, and today, from the vibrant plazas of Latin America to the sunlit neighborhoods of North America, it drifts on hopeful lips—a bridge between heritage and new horizons. In recent years, its soft ascent among American newborns has mirrored a quiet renaissance of faith and identity, an affirmation that a name, like a cherished verso, can carry one’s corazón toward both tradition and tomorrow.

How to pronounce Quran

Arabic

Popularity of Quran in the U.S.

Quran was the #4,539 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 22 babies. It peaked at #1,284 in 1997. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Bar and line chart: Quran in the U.S., 1971–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 89 in 1997 and 22 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #1,284 in 1997, #4,539 in 2025.
  • Boys named Quran (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1971–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1971⁠–⁠2025 54 rows
Quran: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025224,539▼ 1,015
2024323,524▲ 359
2023283,883▲ 420
2022244,303▼ 489
2021283,814▲ 206
2020254,020▼ 968
2019393,052▲ 321
2018333,373▼ 422
2017402,951▲ 210
2016363,161▼ 12
2015363,149▼ 567
2014472,582▲ 823
2013313,405▼ 108
2012333,297▼ 860
2011512,437▲ 30
2010502,467▼ 215
2009582,252▼ 15
2008592,237▼ 143
2007652,094▼ 57
2006652,037▼ 224
2005711,813▲ 262
2004572,075▲ 237
2003462,312▼ 187
2002502,125▼ 309
2001611,816▼ 231
2000741,585▲ 70
1999641,655▼ 237
1998801,418▼ 134
1997891,284▲ 63
1996801,347▲ 411
1995501,758▼ 287
1994651,471▼ 158
1993751,313▲ 668
1992401,981▲ 772
1991242,753▼ 445
1990302,308▲ 476
1989222,784▲ 921
1988133,705▲ 254
1987113,959▼ 954
1986163,005▲ 396
1985133,401▼ 294
1984143,107▲ 304
1983123,411▲ 281
1982113,692▲ 166
1981103,858▼ 428
1980123,430▲ 973
197984,403▼ 1,930
1978182,473▲ 1,133
1977103,606▲ 812
197674,418▼ 990
1975103,428▲ 130
197493,558▲ 1,543
197355,101back (not recorded in 1972)
197154,907new