# Imran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/imran/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,558 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,558 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,257, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic عِمْرَان (ʕimrān).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 132 | 1,298 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,300 |
| 2013 | 161 | 1,129 |
| 2014 | 170 | 1,128 |
| 2015 | 183 | 1,078 |
| 2016 | 191 | 1,038 |
| 2017 | 189 | 1,056 |
| 2018 | 225 | 934 |
| 2019 | 169 | 1,153 |
| 2020 | 206 | 1,011 |
| 2021 | 207 | 1,040 |
| 2022 | 223 | 999 |
| 2023 | 242 | 935 |
| 2024 | 231 | 977 |
| 2025 | 237 | 969 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 486 |
| 2012 | 87 | 454 |
| 2013 | 76 | 497 |
| 2014 | 92 | 438 |
| 2015 | 77 | 500 |
| 2016 | 83 | 486 |
| 2017 | 70 | 554 |
| 2018 | 57 | 629 |
| 2019 | 65 | 575 |
| 2020 | 58 | 611 |
| 2021 | 57 | 641 |
| 2022 | 63 | 592 |
| 2023 | 80 | 494 |
| 2024 | 89 | 453 |
| 2025 | 81 | 478 |

## People named Imran

- Imran Tahir, Cricket Player of South Africa
- Imran Sherwani, British field hockey player (1962–2025)
- Imran ibn Husain, companion of Muhammad
- Imran Ahmad Khan, British politician (born 1973)
- Imran Bunjaku, Albanian footballer
- Imran Khan, Dutch Punjabi singer

## 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.