Amran — #9923 US unisex name
322 babies named Amran in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Amran was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Amran in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amran
The Social Security Administration has registered 322 babies named Amran between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amran currently holds the #9923 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Amran is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 75 additional births since 1995.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amran performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Amran shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Amran in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amran in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 322 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Amran at a glance
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Current rank
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Amran popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2020)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #9923 among girls.
322 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 27 births in a single year.
Amran popularity over time — boys
75 total births recorded since 1995 (Amran as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Amran accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Amran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 176 births that decade — 55% of Amran's all-time total
Amran decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Amran's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Amran by state
Where Amran concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 10 | 3.1% |
10 of 322 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.