Haran
Haran is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He was a son of Terah, brother of Abraham, and father of son Lot and daughters Milcah and Iscah. He died in Ur of the Chaldees. Through Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites.
- Biblical
- Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Haran
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Haran is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He was a son of Terah, brother of Abraham, and father of son Lot and daughters Milcah and Iscah. He died in Ur of the Chaldees. Through Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
- Biblical Hebrew
Etymology
The Story of Haran
Haran first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 7 births, good for #9,871 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Harans. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2015 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 32 Harans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Haran
Haran is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 32 births in the dataset. Haran's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #9,871. Use the chart and map above to compare Haran'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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