Iran comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Land of the Aryans..
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How popular is Iran?
1978peak year
Today, Iran is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7655), with only about 11 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1978, 36 babies were given the name (ranked #1582 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Iran has been declining in recent years. In all, around 1,764 babies have been registered as Iran since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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