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Imran

Imran: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“prosperity; flourishing”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
im-RAHN · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Imran is the Arabic form of ʿAmram, known in Islamic tradition as the name of the father of Maryam. The name is widely used across the Muslim world.

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How popular is Imran?

202469.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Imran in 2024231

2024 rank#972 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18804,320

Imran is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Imran

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Maryammeaning uncertain · Hebrew
  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic

Imran questions

What does the name Imran mean?

Imran means "prosperity; flourishing". It comes from Arabic. Imran is the Arabic form of ʿAmram, known in Islamic tradition as the name of the father of Maryam. The name is widely used across the Muslim world.

Is Imran a boy or girl name?

Imran is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Imran?

231 US babies were named Imran in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Imran?

Imran is usually pronounced im-RAHN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.