Haroun is a distinctive choice, ranked #2444 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Haroun in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2444
About the Name Haroun
Haroun has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1214 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #1230 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Haroun is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Haroun
Unlikely. With around 9 UK babies named Haroun per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Haroun in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Haroun has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 1214 places in the last five years. Its peak was #1230 in 2020. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Haroun is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Haroun include: Faris Haroun — Faris Dominguere Jenny Haroun is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.; Nadjim Haroun — Nadjim Haroun is a Chadian footballer who plays for Bierbeek HO in Belgium and the Chad national team.; Haroun Mohamed — Haroun Kadamy Youssouf, commonly known as Haroun Mohamed, is a Djiboutian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club La Louvière Centre and the....
Haroun does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Harouns in the wild.
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UK babies named Haroun (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Haroun
Likely around 1 other Haroun in the class
UK Popularity (1997–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Haroun
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Faris Dominguere Jenny Haroun is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He has also played for the Belgium national team.
Nadjim Haroun is a Chadian footballer who plays for Bierbeek HO in Belgium and the Chad national team. He is the younger brother of Faris Haroun, a Belgian footballer playing in Royal Antwerp.
Haroun Kadamy Youssouf, commonly known as Haroun Mohamed, is a Djiboutian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club La Louvière Centre and the Djibouti national team.
Magda Tania Haroun is the head of the minuscule Jewish Community of Egypt. (There are currently three Jewish residents in all of Egypt.) She is the successor of Carmen Weinstein, who had led the community for 20 years until her death in 2013.
Widad Haroun or Widad al-Azhari (Arabic: وداد الأزهري) was a Syrian lawyer and politician. In 1960, she and Jihan al-Mosli were appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic, becoming the first Syrian woman to enter parliament.
Haroun Yashayaei (Persian: هارون یشایایی) is former chairman of the board of the Tehran Jewish Committee and former leader of Iran's Jewish community. On January 26, 2006, Yashayaei's letter to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, concerning his Holocaust denial comments, brought about worldwide media attention, including an interview with Der Spiegel.
Medhat Haroun was an Egyptian-American expert on earthquake engineering. He wrote more than 300 technical papers and received the Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award and the Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Haroun Kabadi is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from June 2002 to June 2003 and was the President of the National Assembly of Chad from June 2011 to April 2021.