# Iqra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/iqra/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,836 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,836 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,614, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 3,323 |
| 2012 | 54 | 3,114 |
| 2013 | 45 | 3,492 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,825 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2,904 |
| 2016 | 65 | 2,677 |
| 2017 | 61 | 2,796 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,572 |
| 2019 | 77 | 2,340 |
| 2020 | 73 | 2,402 |
| 2021 | 96 | 2,014 |
| 2022 | 111 | 1,833 |
| 2023 | 128 | 1,628 |
| 2024 | 137 | 1,555 |
| 2025 | 146 | 1,472 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 185 | 264 |
| 2012 | 153 | 317 |
| 2013 | 150 | 313 |
| 2014 | 148 | 312 |
| 2015 | 133 | 352 |
| 2016 | 134 | 356 |
| 2017 | 116 | 389 |
| 2018 | 105 | 415 |
| 2019 | 119 | 368 |
| 2020 | 100 | 426 |
| 2021 | 115 | 389 |
| 2022 | 125 | 344 |
| 2023 | 151 | 291 |
| 2024 | 143 | 301 |
| 2025 | 162 | 281 |

## 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.