Coran
A name originating from the Arabic word "Qur'an", meaning "to recite".
Name Census estimates that about 74 living Americans carry the first name Coran. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Coran today is around 27 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Coran births was 2002 (8 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Coran. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Coran with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Coran. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
74
~ 1 in 4,631,815 Americans
Peak year
2002
8 babies that year
Average age
27
years old
2009 SSA rank
#10,073
Tracked since 1976
Census
Coran in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 203 people with the first name Coran, which placed it at #38,074 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#38,074
National first-name rank
People counted
203
203 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
47.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Coran
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Coran is Black at 47.3%. The next largest groups are White (36.0%) and Two or More Races (7.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Coran described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Coran at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American47.3% · 96
- White36.0% · 73
- Two or more races7.4% · 15
- Hispanic or Latino6.9% · 14
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.0% · 4
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 1
Popularity
Coran: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Coran from the 1970s through to the 2000s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 40 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Coran by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Coran during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Coran
The given name Coran is a variant spelling of the name Koran, which is derived from the Arabic word "al-Qur'an," meaning "the recitation." The Quran is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be the literal word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
The name Coran is not widely used as a given name, but it is occasionally found in some cultures influenced by Islam. It is likely that the name was given to individuals as a way to honor the significance of the Quran in Islamic tradition.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Coran is Coran Ahmet Findikoglu, a Turkish-American fashion designer born in 1963. He is known for his avant-garde and unconventional designs, often incorporating elements of Turkish culture and Islamic symbolism.
Another notable bearer of the name Coran is Coran Capshaw, an American football player who played as a safety in the National Football League (NFL) from 2000 to 2005. He was born in 1977 in Texas, United States.
In the 19th century, there was a Coran Adamson (1825-1900), an American lawyer and politician from Illinois. He served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and was involved in local politics.
In the realm of literature, Coran Hale was an American writer and poet born in 1912 in California. He published several collections of poetry and was part of the literary scene in San Francisco during the mid-20th century.
Coran Batey (1883-1959) was a Welsh trade unionist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1929 to 1935, representing the Labour Party.
While the name Coran is not widely used, these examples demonstrate that it has been given to individuals across various cultures and time periods, often with connections to Islamic or Arabic influences, or as a way to honor the significance of the Quran in the Islamic faith.
People
Coran + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Coran as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Coran: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Coran?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 74 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Coran going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 4,631,815 US residents.
Is Coran a common name?
We classify Coran as "Very Rare". It ranks above 60.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 76 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Coran most popular?
The single biggest year for Coran was 2002, when 8 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Coran is about 27 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Coran in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 203 people with the name Coran, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #38,074 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Coran in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Coran?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Coran on both sides of the split. Of the 207 people counted with this name, 156 were male (75.4%) and 51 were female (24.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Coran?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Coran is Black at 47.3%. The next largest groups are White (36.0%) and Two or More Races (7.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Coran most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Coran in the 2020 Census, accounting for 47.3% (96 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Coran in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Coran a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Coran in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Coran still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Coran in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Coran can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Coran as a first name?
For a quick modern take, check how many people share the name Coran on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.