Bahram
Bahram or Vahram or Behram, variant Bahran or Vahran meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious", is a Persian male given name.
- Persian
- Persian Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Bahram
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bahram or Vahram or Behram, variant Bahran or Vahran meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious", is a Persian male given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Persian
- Persian Mythology
The Story of Bahram
The earliest SSA record of Bahram as a baby boy name dates back to 2018, when 5 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Bahram — #10,860 in the national rankings. About 69% of every Bahram on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Bahram last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Bahram
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bahram. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Verethraghna
Names that sound like Bahram
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About the name Bahram
Bahram is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2018 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Bahram's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #10,860. Use the chart and map above to compare Bahram's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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