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
- Pronounced koo-RAHN /kuˈrɑn/
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.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1971–2025 54 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 4,539 | ▼ 1,015 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,524 | ▲ 359 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,883 | ▲ 420 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,303 | ▼ 489 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,814 | ▲ 206 |
| 2020 | 25 | 4,020 | ▼ 968 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,052 | ▲ 321 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,373 | ▼ 422 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,951 | ▲ 210 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,161 | ▼ 12 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,149 | ▼ 567 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,582 | ▲ 823 |
| 2013 | 31 | 3,405 | ▼ 108 |
| 2012 | 33 | 3,297 | ▼ 860 |
| 2011 | 51 | 2,437 | ▲ 30 |
| 2010 | 50 | 2,467 | ▼ 215 |
| 2009 | 58 | 2,252 | ▼ 15 |
| 2008 | 59 | 2,237 | ▼ 143 |
| 2007 | 65 | 2,094 | ▼ 57 |
| 2006 | 65 | 2,037 | ▼ 224 |
| 2005 | 71 | 1,813 | ▲ 262 |
| 2004 | 57 | 2,075 | ▲ 237 |
| 2003 | 46 | 2,312 | ▼ 187 |
| 2002 | 50 | 2,125 | ▼ 309 |
| 2001 | 61 | 1,816 | ▼ 231 |
| 2000 | 74 | 1,585 | ▲ 70 |
| 1999 | 64 | 1,655 | ▼ 237 |
| 1998 | 80 | 1,418 | ▼ 134 |
| 1997 | 89 | 1,284 | ▲ 63 |
| 1996 | 80 | 1,347 | ▲ 411 |
| 1995 | 50 | 1,758 | ▼ 287 |
| 1994 | 65 | 1,471 | ▼ 158 |
| 1993 | 75 | 1,313 | ▲ 668 |
| 1992 | 40 | 1,981 | ▲ 772 |
| 1991 | 24 | 2,753 | ▼ 445 |
| 1990 | 30 | 2,308 | ▲ 476 |
| 1989 | 22 | 2,784 | ▲ 921 |
| 1988 | 13 | 3,705 | ▲ 254 |
| 1987 | 11 | 3,959 | ▼ 954 |
| 1986 | 16 | 3,005 | ▲ 396 |
| 1985 | 13 | 3,401 | ▼ 294 |
| 1984 | 14 | 3,107 | ▲ 304 |
| 1983 | 12 | 3,411 | ▲ 281 |
| 1982 | 11 | 3,692 | ▲ 166 |
| 1981 | 10 | 3,858 | ▼ 428 |
| 1980 | 12 | 3,430 | ▲ 973 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,403 | ▼ 1,930 |
| 1978 | 18 | 2,473 | ▲ 1,133 |
| 1977 | 10 | 3,606 | ▲ 812 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,418 | ▼ 990 |
| 1975 | 10 | 3,428 | ▲ 130 |
| 1974 | 9 | 3,558 | ▲ 1,543 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,101 | back (not recorded in 1972) |
| 1971 | 5 | 4,907 | new |