Iran vs Irasema
American parents have registered 1,775 Irans since 1880, against 954 Irasemas. Iran is still ahead, with 11 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Iran Irasema
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 85 years in which either name was published, Iran for 69 years and Irasema for 16 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1921–1953 Iran ahead
- 1954–1961 Irasema ahead
- 1967–1979 Iran ahead
- 1983–1985 Irasema ahead
- 1986–2025 Iran ahead, apart from one short spell
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Iran | Irasema | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,775 | 954 |
| Most in one year | 71 | 40 |
| Babies in 2025 | 11 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,600 | 890 |
| Median age today | 30 | 45 |
| Peak year | 1978 | 1996 |
| Best rank | 1,570th boys | 2,966th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,194th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1921 | 1953 |
| Girls / boys | 416 / 1,359 | 954 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Irasemas alive today are over 45; half the Irans are over 30. That is 15 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Iran California (5.7×), Texas (3.9×), New York (0.9×)
- Irasema Texas (9.3×), California (2.1×), New York (0.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Iran and Irasema.