# Goran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/goran/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 109 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 109 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 | 5,032 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,593 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,777 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,326 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,136 |
| 1981 | 10 | 3,951 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,731 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,322 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,292 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,011 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,053 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9,927 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,209 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,473 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,273 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Goran

- Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
- Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player and coach
- Goran Jurić, Croatian association football player
- Goran Hadžić, Croatian Serb politician (1958-2016)
- Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
- Goran Rubil, Croatian and French footballer
- Goran Šprem, Croatian handball player
- Goran Karan, Croatian musician
- Goran Prpić, Croatian tennis player and coach
- Goran Perkovac, Croatian handball player
- Goran Sukno, Croatian water polo player
- Goran Sablić, Croatian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.