Akram
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AK-ram
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,033 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,207 for boys
Akram is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “most generous, noblest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Akram mean?
Arabic
“most generous, noblest”
The Qur'an (96:3) calls God al-Akram, 'the Most Generous'; it shares a root with Karim.
Is Akram a girl's or a boy's name?
Akram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,033among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Akram, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 35 boys.
Half of all the boys named Akram in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 953rd in England and Wales.
Akram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,067 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,068 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 35 | #925 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 26 | #986 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 30 | #807 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Akram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Akram, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Akram in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 85 | #1,868 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Names like Akram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arham Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Amir Hamza Musa Yahya Umar Ibrahim Mustafa Zayd
Names related to Akram
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Akram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akram, updated 20 October 2026.