Iran — #9064 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Iran

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,348 babies named Iran between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iran currently holds the #9064 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 36 babies received it in a single year. Iran is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 416 additional births since 1962.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iran performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Iran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 116 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Iran in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iran 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 1,348 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.