Imran

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Imran: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Imran: Recorded since 1973, it reached #263 in 2017, and it stood at #264 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#263highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#276
1997	#295
1998	#331
1999	#333
2000	#354
2001	#370
2002	#373
2003	#357
2004	#424
2005	#401
2006	#443
2007	#416
2008	#634
2009	#442
2010	#393
2011	#486
2012	#454
2013	#497
2014	#438
2015	#500
2016	#486
2017	#554
2018	#629
2019	#575
2020	#611
2021	#641
2022	#592
2023	#494
2024	#453

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 44 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

In 2025: #264 among boys in Norway, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #502 among boys in Norway in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2025
Highest recorded position: #263 among boys in Norway, in 2017 (recorded 1973–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #264 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Imran appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 394 births with the name.

Imran across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Imran's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#502 (1973)	#263 (2017)	#264 (2025)	44 of 53	394 (1973–2025)	18 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#319 (1988)	#319 (1988)	#577 (2025)	12 of 38	46 (1988–2025)	7 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#276 (1996)	#276 (1996)	#453 (2024)	29 of 29	2,176 (1996–2024)	101 (1996)

Imran by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Imran in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	69	7 of 10	10
1980s	94	10 of 10	9
1990s	28	5 of 10	6
2000s	34	6 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	122	10 of 10	12
2020s	47	6 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Imran appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #263 in Norway in 2017.

Imran's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#453	89	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#494	80	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#592	63	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#641	57	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#611	58	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#575	65	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#629	57	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#554	70	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#486	83	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#500	77	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#438	92	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#497	76	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#454	87	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#486	75	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#393	101	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#442	85	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#634	49	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#416	85	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#443	73	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#401	75	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#424	65	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#357	77	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#373	64	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#370	65	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#354	68	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#333	77	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#331	73	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#295	89	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#276	101	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#264	15	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#486	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#462	5	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#328	10	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#435	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#368	8	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#402	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#350	10	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#264	18	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#339	12	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#399	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#512	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#536	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#524	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#420	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#567	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#577	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#533	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#344	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#600	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#457	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#544	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#439	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#498	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#418	10	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#547	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#333	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#392	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#465	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#304	15	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#420	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#360	12	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#404	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#502	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1973 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #263, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 101 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1988, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Imraan · #1655, 22y
Imre · #179, 31y
Imtiaz · #1892, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mike · #263, 51y
Selena · #267, 50y
Cristian · #257, 55y
Alisa · #255, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Antoin · #263, 20y
Emina · #263, 38y
Feidhlim · #263, 31y
Lianne · #263, 40y

Imran was ranked #263 in Norway · Boys in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Imran and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Imran without appearing here.

Imran moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2021 they stood at #699 and #699 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #454 and #779.
Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #486 and #417 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #264 and #523.
Steffen Compare
In 2024 they stood at #486 and #460 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #264 and #519.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #655 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #829.

Moved ahead of Imran

Ludvig Compare
In 1992 they stood at #457 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #600 and #277.
Brodie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #416 and #458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #634 and #378.
Edward Compare
In 2022 they stood at #328 and #377 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #462 and #220.
Oliver Compare
In 1983 they stood at #333 and #390 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #547 and #310.

Moved the opposite way to Imran

Anders Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 while Anders went from #23 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 while Arild went from #44 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 while Arne went from #42 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 while Bjørn went from #7 to #56.

Moved the same way as Imran

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 and Adrian from #485 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 and Aksel from #279 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 and Alfred from #433 to #26.
Edward Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Imran went from #502 to #264 and Edward from #585 to #189.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #263 in Norway in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Imran

Imran at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Imran across 3 official records

Imran by decade in Norway · Boys

Imran appears in

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Imran across 3 official records

Imran by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Imran

Imran and the names beside it

Imran moved ahead of

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