Ashraf
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ASH-raf
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Ashraf is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “most noble, most honourable”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Ashraf mean?
Arabic: elative of sharif, 'noble'
“most noble, most honourable”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ashraf a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashraf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashraf in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Ashraf, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ashraf in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Ashraf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 20 | #870 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 25 | #677 |
How popular is Ashraf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Ashraf, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Ashraf than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Ashraf in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashraf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Ashraf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Hamza, Muhammad, Abdullah, Amir, Umar, Mustafa, Fahad, Saif, Musa, Abdur, Raheem
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), 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, “Ashraf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashraf, updated 20 October 2026.