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Read (documented Arabic naming account)
An Askimam answer addressing the proposed baby name Iqra explicitly connects it to an Arabic verb with a read gloss. The answer was written by Syed Haneef Ahmed and checked by Mufti Ebrahim Desai. This supports the documented Arabic naming account; religious naming advice is not reproduced or presented as site guidance.
Arabic given-name tradition.
The exact personal-name article identifies Iqra as a feminine given name of Arabic origin. This establishes the documented linguistic tradition, not a bearer’s nationality or religion. It supplies no etymology or English pronunciation.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 50 · preliminary | 600 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 10 (rounded to 5) | 2403 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 162 | 281 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 6 | 474 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 3 | 885 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 146 | 1467 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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An Askimam answer addressing the proposed baby name Iqra explicitly connects it to an Arabic verb with a read gloss. The answer was written by Syed Haneef Ahmed and checked by Mufti Ebrahim Desai. This supports the documented Arabic naming account; religious naming advice is not reproduced or presented as site guidance. Credit: Syed Haneef Ahmed, Askimam.org, and IslamQA.org as the hosting archive. Source: https://islamqa.org/hanafi/askimam/102937/is-it-permissible-to-name-a-baby-girl-as-iqra-hadia/. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed the factual name gloss and removed the religious advice. Original source rights retained; no audio reused. English pronunciation remains unverified.
Original factual summary; source rights retained
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The exact personal-name article identifies Iqra as a feminine given name of Arabic origin. This establishes the documented linguistic tradition, not a bearer’s nationality or religion. It supplies no etymology or English pronunciation. Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). No source image or audio reused.
Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names.
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Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
