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Imran

Arabic form of Amram, referring to the father of Moses.

PronunciationArabic /ʕim.ˈraːn/
Usage languagesArabic, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, Punjabi, Quranic, Urdu
US rank (2025)#969

Meaning and history

Imran is the Arabic form of Amram, the father of Moses, and in the Quran it is also the name of the father of the Virgin Mary, corresponding to the Christian Joachim.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 58 births, rank #2,205
2007: 70 births, rank #1,995
2008: 65 births, rank #2,104
2009: 100 births, rank #1,594
2010: 73 births, rank #1,924
20112011: 132 births, rank #1,296
2012: 133 births, rank #1,299
2013: 161 births, rank #1,128
2014: 170 births, rank #1,128
2015: 183 births, rank #1,077
20162016: 191 births, rank #1,037
2017: 189 births, rank #1,056
2018: 225 births, rank #933
2019: 169 births, rank #1,152
2020: 206 births, rank #1,011
20212021: 207 births, rank #1,040
2022: 223 births, rank #997
2023: 242 births, rank #935
2024: 231 births, rank #977
20252025: 237 births, rank #969

Imran rose from #977 to #969 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2023, with 242 births.