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Iran Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Iran?

In 2018 less than 5 children were given the name in the United States.

Iran, would be a stand out, distinctive name selection.

Its highest popularity ranking of #3231 was reached in 2000 with 42 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Iran was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Iran occurred roughly during the years 1993-1996, and 1997-2000, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 2007-2010.

Sometimes the name Iran has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Iran be?

For a number of years, the name Iran has been spiralling downward in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Iran for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Iran is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Iran has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Iran (Girl)Iran (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 13 6,458
2017 < 5 -- 13 6,447
2016 < 5 -- 12 6,867
2015 7 13,524 11 7,241
2014 6 15,313 12 6,782
2013 < 5 -- 11 7,217
2012 < 5 -- 10 7,749
2011 6 15,537 11 7,169
2010 10 10,707 19 4,910
2009 11 10,233 16 5,651
2008 11 10,340 15 5,875
2007 23 5,962 21 4,548
2006 17 7,267 21 4,411
2005 16 7,270 24 3,862
2004 23 5,434 21 4,176
2003 27 4,722 27 3,391
2002 19 5,974 21 3,958
2001 37 3,575 33 2,832
2000 42 3,231 29 3,019
1999 12 7,898 22 3,515
1998 18 5,665 24 3,231
1997 11 7,975 19 3,656
1996 20 4,938 28 2,703
1995 14 6,387 22 3,136
1994 5 14,231 21 3,264
1993 < 5 -- 13 4,552
1992 < 5 -- 28 2,565
1991 < 5 -- 14 4,092
1990 < 5 -- 17 3,512
1989 < 5 -- 23 2,726
1988 < 5 -- 21 2,715
1987 < 5 -- 23 2,426
1986 < 5 -- 17 2,937
1985 < 5 -- 11 3,901
1984 < 5 -- 14 3,171
1983 < 5 -- 15 2,977
1982 < 5 -- 23 2,227
1981 < 5 -- 16 2,820
1980 5 10,962 18 2,658
1979 13 5,198 24 2,124
1978 6 8,931 36 1,581
1977 11 5,631 29 1,803
1976 10 5,740 26 1,900
1975 11 5,272 28 1,763
1974 8 6,455 25 1,856
1973 7 6,920 18 2,262
1972 < 5 -- 30 1,579
1971 < 5 -- 20 2,081
1970 5 8,457 23 1,868
1969 < 5 -- 23 1,745
1968 < 5 -- 14 2,245
1967 < 5 -- 15 2,079
1966 < 5 -- 9 2,871
1965 < 5 -- 23 1,642
1964 < 5 -- 18 1,932
1963 < 5 -- 16 2,070
1962 5 6,938 19 1,876
1961 < 5 -- 11 2,614
1960 < 5 -- 11 2,604
1959 < 5 -- 19 1,883
1958 < 5 -- 7 3,396
1957 < 5 -- 15 2,137
1956 < 5 -- 11 2,561
1955 < 5 -- < 5 --
1954 < 5 -- 9 2,837
1953 < 5 -- 5 4,052
1952 < 5 -- < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- 8 2,939
1950 < 5 -- 8 2,888
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- 5 3,910
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1946 < 5 -- 5 3,753
1945 < 5 -- 6 3,146
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1941 < 5 -- 7 2,999
1940 < 5 -- 8 2,755
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1922 < 5 -- 8 3,385
1921 < 5 -- 5 4,649
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.