Kurdish Names
Explore names documented in Kurdish naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 45#2,807 | Down 214 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | 91#1,771 | Up 206 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1978. | 111#1,813 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Kurdish-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983. | 54#3,064 | Up 996 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1951. | 11#7,569 | Up 1,813 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1968. | 10#7,713 | Up 410 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976. | 5#15,642 | new | 1989 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1918. | 22#4,559 | Up 1,446 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993. | 5#12,464 | Down 4,242 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2002. | 11#9,362 | Up 3,878 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1999. | 12#6,851 | Up 2,827 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2013. | 11#7,392 | Up 3,847 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 5#12,617 | new | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1996. | 5#12,027 | Down 1,409 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1996. | —Unranked | — | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1992. | —Unranked | — | 2004 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2002. | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006. | 23#4,430 | new | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2002. | —Unranked | — | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2016. | 16#5,766 | Up 7,668 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2020. | 9#8,310 | Up 2,385 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2019. | —Unranked | — | 2019 | ||
Recorded in Northern Kurdish; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | —Unranked | — | 1975 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.