Baran

#6,851 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Rain

Baran has been given to 295 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #6,851 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.

Babies named Baran, 2025

1 in 276,000

Baran over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Baran over time

In 2025, Baran went to 50% girls and 50% boys.

19992025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Baran: meaning, origin, and history

Rain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Baran means

Baran means “rain”.

Origin, language, and formation

Baran is used in Northern Kurdish and Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 194 boys were recorded with the name Baran between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2015; its best national rank was #6,029 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,678 in 2020 to #6,851 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,029 in 2015 to #6,851 in 2025.

In the United States, 101 girls were recorded with the name Baran between 2010 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2025; its best national rank was #8,438 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,375 in 2020 to #8,438 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,004 in 2015 to #8,438 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Baran?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 142,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,851; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Baran sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Baran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Barans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Baran was born before 2012 — so the typical Baran is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 44.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 194; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 44.8% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Baran rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +461; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,827; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −822; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.86×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 85.7%; Peak was 2015 (14)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,029; 2015

Spellings of Baran

Baran is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 35.1% against Baran's <0.01%.

Brian35.1%1,173,735
Aaron18.4%614,462
Bryan11.7%389,589
Alan10.9%363,313
Barry5.4%181,270
Brad2.5%83,060
Byron2.5%82,238
Darin0.97%32,546

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Baran is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Baran was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,455,707 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Baran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Baran around the world

Where Baran ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#1,406
in 2025
France
1992–2025
#944
in 2025
Canada
2005–2023
#2,747
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Baran by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,851
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,827
Best rank ever: #6,029; 2015
Peak year: 2015; 14 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 194
Count in 2025: 12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,438
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,937
Best rank ever: #8,438; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 12 that year
First recorded: 2010
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 101
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Baran

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Baraa Baruc Barnes Barok Barkon Barack Barlow Omran Baris Deran Barkot Baraka Barren Aaran Barak Arran Bartt Ezran Toran Barkley Miran Zoran Barett Amran

Sibling names for Baran

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Rhianna Adelle Abagail Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Kale Aaden Caesar Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn

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