Given name & surname
Imran
“one who acts as a host”
Imran is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who acts as a host.”
Original Arabicعَمْرَانُ
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who acts as a host.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Imran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,558
- 4,558 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 242 babies
- 2025
- 237
- #969 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 237 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 969 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,017 as a first name in 2020; 2,600 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Imran’s family of names
Imran has a related form in Imren. Imran has a related form in Imrin. Imran has a related form in Imron.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Imran
- Imran KhanPrime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022born 1952
- Imran KhanIndian actorborn 1983
- Imrân LouzaMoroccan and French association football playerborn 1999
- Imran N. HoseinIslamic scholarborn 1942
- Imran AbbasPakistani actor and modelborn 1977
- Imran TahirCricket Player of South Africaborn 1979
- Imran SherwaniBritish field hockey player (1962–2025)
- Imran ibn Husaincompanion of Muhammad
- Imran NazirPakistani cricketerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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