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How popular is the name Iqra?
Births per year, rank history and how many Iqras are alive today.
Iqra (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 281st in 2025 with 162 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2002, when 234 babies were given the name, the 184th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 426 in 2020 before climbing back to the 281st place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Iqra you are most likely to meet is around 24 years old. Half of all Iqras born in England and Wales are between 11 and 26, and there are at least 5,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Iqra.
How many babies are named Iqra each year?
Where does Iqra rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Iqra most popular?
Iqra peaked in 2002, when 234 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Iqra?
At least 5,200 people named Iqra born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Iqra?
Most living Iqras are between 11 and 26; the most common age is about 24.
Is Iqra becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.