Unisex name · since 2018
Iraj
19 babies named Iraj in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,368 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iraj sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 19 recorded since 2018.
Social Security Administration records show Iraj recorded 19 times among boys since 2018, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2024.
- #29,368 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 19 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iraj ranks #29,368 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,368 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iraj's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Iraj's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Iraj splits its recorded history at 2023: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Iraj popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Iraj popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1999 (Iraj as girls' name)
Iraj by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Iraj's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Iraj births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (74% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Iraj: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2018–2024 (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 Iraj 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.