Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Koran

#6,306 most common boys' name of all time · #15,735 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#6,306
Rank overall
#15,735 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
639
Since 2016
103
Peak year
1999 #2,766
Best rank
#2,757 1993
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
198020002020

Koran first appears in 1975. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #9,121
2024 — 5 5 #12,748
2023 — 6 6 #11,160
2022 — 12 12 #6,967
2021 — 10 10 #7,764
2020 — 21 21 #4,597
2019 — 16 16 #5,663
2018 — 6 6 #11,101
2017 — 13 13 #6,453
2016 — 6 6 #11,088
2015 — 15 15 #5,838
2014 — 7 7 #9,932
2013 — 6 6 #11,064
2012 — 15 15 #5,822
2011 — 12 12 #6,708
2010 — 13 13 #6,485
2009 — 12 12 #6,970
2008 — 17 17 #5,334
2007 — 12 12 #6,800
2006 — 17 17 #5,194
2005 — 21 21 #4,264
2004 — 27 27 #3,499
2003 — 10 10 #6,932
2002 — 28 28 #3,229
2001 5 12 17 #5,833
2000 — 19 19 #4,141
1999 — 31 31 #2,766
1998 — 20 20 #3,664
1997 — 20 20 #3,553
1996 — 21 21 #3,363
1995 — 12 12 #4,978
1994 5 13 18 #4,689
1993 — 26 26 #2,757
1992 — 13 13 #4,474
1991 — 15 15 #3,945
1990 — 15 15 #3,915
1989 — 8 8 #6,009
1987 — 7 7 #5,873
1986 — 6 6 #6,447
1985 — 9 9 #4,611
1984 — 12 12 #3,661
1983 — 9 9 #4,439
1982 — 6 6 #6,139
1981 — 6 6 #6,038
1980 — 5 5 #6,929
1979 — 11 11 #3,785
1977 — 6 6 #5,670
1976 — 5 5 #6,235
1975 — 7 7 #4,777