Ikram
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ik-RAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Ikram is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “honour, generosity”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Ikram mean?
Arabic
“honour, generosity”
Arabic verbal noun meaning 'honouring, showing generosity'; used for boys in South Asia and for girls in North Africa.
Is Ikram a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ikram has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Ikram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ikram, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 22 boys. 3 girls were also named Ikram in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ikram in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Girls were 22% of the babies named Ikram in the UK in 1996, and 42% in 2018.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ikram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Ikram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Ikram, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Ikram in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ikram in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
Names like Ikram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan Qasim Saif Azeem Samir Naeem Haseeb Imaad Zohaib Habib Asad Umair
Names related to Ikram
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Ikram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ikram, updated 20 October 2026.