Girls' name · since 1990
Iqra
1,836 babies named Iqra in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,836
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Iqra is the #1476 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,836 recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iqra has been recorded 1,836 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #1476 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #4,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,476 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,836 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iqra ranks #4,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,476 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,836 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,476 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,836
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iqra's 1,836 recorded births place it above 93.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Iqra compares
1,836 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Iqra's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iqra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,836 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 146 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iqra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Iqra splits its recorded history at 2008: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1990 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 146 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Iqra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 146
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Iqra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (691 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Iqra's strongest decade.
691 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Iqra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 256
1990s
256 births
- 2000s
2000s
313 births
- 2010s
2010s
576 births
- 2020s
2020s
691 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 691 births (38% of all-time use).
How Iqra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Iqra's total volume
Iqra by state
Where Iqra concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 312 | 17.0% |
| #2 | California | | 160 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 136 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 132 | 7.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 52 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 42 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 35 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 27 | 1.5% |
312 of 1,836 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Iqra appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Iqras (312 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Iqra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iqra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Iqra 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.