Boys' name · since 1990
Iqbal
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Iqbal, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,695 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Iqbal sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 35 recorded since 1990.
Iqbal has 35 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2000.
- #24,695 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 35 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iqbal ranks #24,695 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,695 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Iqbal's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Iqbal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iqbal's full recorded timeline at 1994, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iqbal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2000
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Iqbal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (30 births, 86% of the file).
1990s was Iqbal's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Iqbal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 30 births (86% of all-time use).
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- Iqbal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Iqbal
Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iqbal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iqbal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.