Iran**
#3,368 most common boys' name of all time · #8,207 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1921–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,368
Rank overall
#8,207 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,775
Since 2016
106
Peak year
2000 #3,015
Best rank
#1,586 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 71/yr
Iran first appears in 1921. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,261 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,110 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,825 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,334 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,153 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,837 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,408 |
| 2017 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,390 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,131 |
| 2014 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,704 |
| 2013 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,100 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,653 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,081 |
| 2010 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #4,879 |
| 2009 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #5,587 |
| 2008 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #5,823 |
| 2007 | 23 | 21 | 44 | #4,525 |
| 2006 | 17 | 21 | 38 | #4,405 |
| 2005 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #3,842 |
| 2004 | 23 | 21 | 44 | #4,158 |
| 2003 | 27 | 27 | 54 | #3,382 |
| 2002 | 19 | 21 | 40 | #3,939 |
| 2001 | 37 | 33 | 70 | #2,823 |
| 2000 | 42 | 29 | 71 | #3,015 |
| 1999 | 12 | 22 | 34 | #3,504 |
| 1998 | 18 | 24 | 42 | #3,226 |
| 1997 | 11 | 19 | 30 | #3,639 |
| 1996 | 20 | 28 | 48 | #2,698 |
| 1995 | 14 | 22 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 1994 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,510 |
| 1992 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,554 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,069 |
| 1990 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,515 |
| 1989 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,719 |
| 1988 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,707 |
| 1987 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,428 |
| 1986 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,942 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,890 |
| 1984 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,170 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,979 |
| 1982 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,235 |
| 1981 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,828 |
| 1980 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #2,672 |
| 1979 | 13 | 24 | 37 | #2,129 |
| 1978 | 6 | 36 | 42 | #1,586 |
| 1977 | 11 | 29 | 40 | #1,800 |
| 1976 | 10 | 26 | 36 | #1,910 |
| 1975 | 11 | 28 | 39 | #1,772 |
| 1974 | 8 | 25 | 33 | #1,859 |
| 1973 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #2,267 |
| 1972 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,588 |
| 1971 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1970 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #1,875 |
| 1969 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,754 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,277 |
| 1967 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,908 |
| 1965 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,655 |
| 1964 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,956 |
| 1963 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1962 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,880 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,651 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,638 |
| 1959 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,901 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,464 |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,171 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,598 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,170 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,024 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,982 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,068 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,895 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,276 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,108 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,948 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,431 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,790 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,525 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,913 |