Mehran is a distinctive choice, ranked #1952 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Mehran in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1952
About the Name Mehran
Mehran is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 314 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1458 in 1996 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Mehran 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 Mehran
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Mehran per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Mehran in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Mehran is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 314 places over the last five years to #1952 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Mehran 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 Mehran include: Mehran Mumtaz — Mehran Mumtaz is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League.; Mehran Barkhordari — Mehran Barkhordari is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete.; Mehran Sahami — Mehran Sahami is an Iranian-American computer scientist, engineer, and professor..
Mehran does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mehrans in the wild.
12
UK babies named Mehran (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 314 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Mehran
Likely around 1 other Mehran in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Mehran
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Mehran Ghassemi (Persian: مهران قاسمی) was an Iranian journalist. He was an expert on Iranian Nuclear Dossier and Foreign Policy and published hundreds of articles in Iranian newspapers.
Mehran Sahami is an Iranian-American computer scientist, engineer, and professor. He is the James and Ellenor Chesebrough Professor in the School of Engineering, and Professor (Teaching) and Chair of the Computer Science department at Stanford University.
Mehran Marri is a British-Pakistani Baloch separatist, militant and terrorist, who served as the head of United Baloch Army (UBA), a militant group which was designated as a terrorist organization by Pakistan and Switzerland until its dissolution in 2022. Mehran was born in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan.