Iqra
143
Babies in 2024
-3%
10-year change
2002
Peak · 234
-5%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Iqra
Iqra peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (234 babies in 2002) and has remained in active use — 143 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Iqra reached its peak in 2002, when 234 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #184 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 143 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 4,452 girls have been officially registered with the name Iqra in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,389 girls were registered with the name, starting from 148 in 2014 and ending at 143 in 2024.