Akram
Masculine · “most generous”
Akram is most generous in Arabic — the superlative of karim, and al-Karim is one of the ninety-nine divine names.
How old is the name Akram?
Akram first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Akram is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,400 people named Akram are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Akram most popular?
Akram peaked in 2023, reaching #1868 nationally. Today it ranks #2207, 339 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From karim to Akram
The story of Akram
Generosity is a cardinal virtue in Arabic culture and the root k-r-m runs through the language — karim for a generous man, karama for dignity, ikram for honoring a guest. Al-Karim is among the ninety-nine names of God. Akram is standard across Arabic and Urdu naming and is in current American use.
Meaning
most generous, most noble
From the Arabic akram, the superlative of karim, 'generous' or 'noble', from the root k-r-m. Al-Karim, 'the Generous', is a divine name. The same root gives karama, 'dignity' or 'honor'. The Arabic is ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- karim
- akram
- Akram
Related forms: أكرم · Akram · Ekrem
Pronouncing Akram
AK-rum
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the r a fuller tap.
Nicknames for Akram
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 202385 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1868reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +23.1%64 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Akram in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- أكرم in Arabic — transliteration
- Akram in Urdu — same name
- Ekrem in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, New York, Ohio.
Akrams among us
people named Akram are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 26,689 born in 2025 was named Akram
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Daquon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Akram's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Daquon climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Daquon's path sketches the road Akram is walking now.
Akram sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Akram is headed
Akram should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Akram beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Akram in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The most-generous meaning is transparent and unusually good.
- The root ties it to a cardinal virtue in Arabic culture.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
- The kr cluster is slightly awkward in English.
- Akram and Ekrem are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Akrams are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Akram are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Akram in 2025?
- Akram ranks #2207 among US boy names in 2025, with 64 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Akram?
- About 1 in every 26,689 US boys born in 2025 was named Akram — 64 in all.
- Will my child share the name Akram with classmates?
- Akram will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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