Ali-Akbar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-LEE-AK-bar
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Ali-Akbar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted + greatest; very great”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ali-Akbar mean?
Arabic: Ali + Akbar
“high, exalted + greatest; very great”
Joins Ali (Arabic, “high, exalted”) and Akbar (Arabic, “greatest; very great”).
Meanings borrowed from Ali and Akbar.
Is Ali-Akbar a girl's or a boy's name?
Ali-Akbar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ali-Akbar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Ali-Akbar, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ali-Akbar than any year since 2011.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Ali-Akbar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Names like Ali-Akbar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amir, Muhammad, Umar, Ammar, Abdullah, Abubakar, Abdulrahman, Hamza, Abdul-Ahad, Huzaifa, Zayd, Abdul-Hadi
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ali-Akbar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ali-akbar, updated 20 October 2026.