# Mehran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mehran/  
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 | 320 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 320 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 172, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Persian مهران (mehrân), from Middle Persian mtrʾn (mihrān). Related to Persian مهر (mehr) and Mithra.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 13,805 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,539 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,370 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,657 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,858 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,996 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,548 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,223 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,306 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,510 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,588 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,353 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4,838 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,950 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## 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.