Iqra is a girl's name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 137 girls in the United States.
Iqra belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Iqra first appears in Social Security records in 1990. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1549 in 2024, and in 2024 137 babies received the name — 1,690 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Iqra is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Arabic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Iqra is a girl name. In 2024, 137 babies received the name in the US.
Iqra comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Iqra first appears in US records in 1990. Its best-ever ranking was #1549 in 2024, and 137 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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