Coran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Coran: Recorded since 1996, it reached #263 in 2003, and it stood at #433 in 2021.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#263highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2000

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
1999	#3900
2000	#3912

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 21 years from 1996 to 2016.

In 2012: #403 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3416 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2021
Highest recorded position: #263 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2001–2021).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Coran appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 77 births with the name.

Coran across 4 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.

Coran'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1383 (1999)	#3478 (2016)	13 of 21	77 (1996–2016)	10 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#280 (2001)	#263 (2003)	#433 (2021)	8 of 21	26 (2001–2021)	4 (2003)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#615 (2015)	#615 (2015)	2 of 8	7 (2008–2015)	4 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3174 (1997)	#3912 (2000)	4 of 5	13 (1996–2000)	4 (1997)

Coran by decade in England and Wales · 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 Coran in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	49	8 of 10	6
2010s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Coran 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #263 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Coran'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
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2021, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #263, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 12 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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Corbin · #293, 26y
Corby · #1513, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Olivia-Rose · #263, 25y
Aronas · #264, 19y
Blanaid · #262, 19y
Kayce · #262, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aminah · #263, 30y
Cassius · #263, 29y
Keziah · #263, 30y
Olivia-Rose · #263, 25y

Coran was ranked #263 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2003. 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.

Coran 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 Coran without appearing here.

Coran moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3589 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #4805.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3416 and #2721 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Tor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3416 and #2270 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4023.

Moved ahead of Coran

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1716 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1383 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #1889.
Theodor Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1716 and #2418 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2870.

Moved the opposite way to Coran

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 while Albie went from #853 to #88.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 while Alfie went from #119 to #14.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 while Alfred went from #218 to #111.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 while Archie went from #192 to #18.

Moved the same way as Coran

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 and Aaron from #33 to #95.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 and Adam from #16 to #37.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 and Alex from #43 to #84.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Coran went from #2357 to #3478 and Alexander from #14 to #21.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #263 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Coran

Coran at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Coran across 4 official records

Coran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Coran across 4 official records

Coran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Coran and the names beside it

Coran moved ahead of

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