Iqbal

Meaning

glory, prosperity, good fortune (Arabic iqbal, via Persian into Punjabi usage); a long-common Punjabi name across faiths, predominantly male

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Iqbal has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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