Koran — #12660 US boys' name
621 babies named Koran in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Koran was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Koran in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Koran
The Social Security Administration has registered 621 babies named Koran between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Koran currently holds the #12660 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Koran performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Koran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Koran in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Koran 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 621 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.
Koran at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Koran popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (1999)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #12660 among boys.
621 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 31 births in a single year.
Koran popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1994 (Koran as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Koran accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Koran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 186 births that decade — 30% of Koran's all-time total
Koran decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 175 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Koran's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Koran by state
Where Koran concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.8% |
17 of 621 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.7% 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, 1975–2024 (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.