Quran
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #10,345 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,964since 1971
Quran over time
Rank among boys' names. Quran has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,524 | 32 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,303 | 24 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,020 | 25 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,052 | 39 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,373 | 33 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,951 | 40 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,149 | 36 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,582 | 47 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,437 | 51 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,467 | 50 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,252 | 58 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,237 | 59 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,094 | 65 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,037 | 65 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,813 | 71 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,075 | 57 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,312 | 46 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,125 | 50 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,816 | 61 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,585 | 74 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #1,655 | 64 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #1,418 | 80 |
| 1997 | — | #1,284 | 89 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,347 | 80 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,758 | 50 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #1,471 | 65 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #1,313 | 75 |
| 1992 | — | #1,981 | 40 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,308 | 30 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Quran! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Quran is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#366 · 1 in 3,206
- Pennsylvania#596 · 1 in 7,333
- New York#621 · 1 in 6,047
- North Carolina#824 · 1 in 9,402
- Georgia#826 · 1 in 8,364
Best ever in a state: #366 in New Jersey, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #366 | 15 | 1 in 3,206 |
| Pennsylvania | #596 | 9 | 1 in 7,333 |
| New York | #621 | 19 | 1 in 6,047 |
| North Carolina | #824 | 5 | 1 in 9,402 |
| Georgia | #826 | 6 | 1 in 8,364 |
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See more about Quran
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #4,539)
- 519 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #4,539)
- 1,390 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #4,539)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1997 at #1,284 (89 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,181 boys born in 1997 were named Quran (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 30.9% of all boys named Quran (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 72 | #2,473 (1978) | #3,987 |
| 1980s | 134 | #2,784 (1989) | #3,435 |
| 1990s | 597 | #1,284 (1997) | #1,729 |
| 2000s | 606 | #1,585 (2000) | #2,035 |
| 2010s | 396 | #2,437 (2011) | #2,987 |
| 2020s | 159 | #3,524 (2024) | #4,014 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Quran in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 21,181 of them was named Quran, which outranked 88.1% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,274Matias90
- #1,274Montrell90
- #1,274Timmy90
- #1,284Quran89
- #1,284Arnulfo89
- #1,284Blayne89
- #1,284Claude89
- #1,294Adalberto88
- #1,294Arnoldo88
- #1,294Breon88
Tied with 9 names at #1,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.