Persian Boy Names

Explore names documented in Persian naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1954.

3,297#105
Up 12 rank positions in five years
2024

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950.

407#669
Down 44 rank positions in five years
2001

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1917.

168#1,204
Up 353 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1965.

106#1,603
Up 185 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

54#2,483
Up 278 rank positions in five years
2008

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975.

61#2,284
Down 260 rank positions in five years
2018

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1914.

21#4,707
Down 1,633 rank positions in five years
2007

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1988.

63#2,232
Up 497 rank positions in five years
2024

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976.

27#4,008
Up 219 rank positions in five years
2012

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1968.

8#9,024
Up 1,748 rank positions in five years
1991

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

20#4,866
Up 1,132 rank positions in five years
1982

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1955.

48#2,686
Up 977 rank positions in five years
2025

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984.

22#4,549
Up 918 rank positions in five years
2001

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973.

13#6,478
Up 4,240 rank positions in five years
1982

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1987.

11#7,518
Up 371 rank positions in five years
2017

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

5#12,622
new
1990

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977.

—Unranked
—
1980

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979.

—Unranked
—
1982

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2009.

9#8,440
Down 770 rank positions in five years
2024

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2015.

7#10,467
new
2023

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2004.

6#10,790
new
2004

Recorded in Persian; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2016.

6#10,738
new
2025

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2023.

5#13,608
new
2023

Persian-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2014.

—Unranked
—
2014

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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.

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