Masculine dossier · first seen 1921

Iran

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Iran
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1921Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

77.8%

2024

All-time

1,348

Iran has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1978, when 36 boys were named Iran.

In 2024, only 8 boys were given the name.

Down 77.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,348 Americans have been named Iran and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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