Ashraf
Masculine · “most noble”
Ashraf is an Arabic comparative: not noble but most noble, the highest of several. It is one of a set of names built on that grammatical pattern.
How old is the name Ashraf?
Ashraf first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Ashraf alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 900 people named Ashraf are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ashraf most popular?
Ashraf peaked in 1988, reaching #1879 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 1,878 places below that high. See the whole 1988 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sharif to Ashraf
The story of Ashraf
Sharif names nobility of descent and character, and the plural ashraf names the descendants of the Prophet as a class. The elative Ashraf has been a personal name across the Arab world, Iran, Turkey and South Asia for centuries; a Mamluk sultan and an Egyptian royal family both carried it. It reaches American records with families from Egypt, the Levant and Pakistan.
Meaning
most noble, most honorable
The elative form of sharif, noble or honorable; Arabic builds comparatives and superlatives by pouring a root into a fixed pattern, and the same construction gives Akbar, Anwar and Ahmad.
How the name formed
- sharif
- Ashraf
Related forms: Ashraf · Ashraf · Eşref · Ashraf
Pronouncing Ashraf
ASH-raf
Two syllables, first stressed. Arabic gives a fuller second vowel, ash-RAF.
Nicknames for Ashraf
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
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 198835 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1879reached in 1988
- Change vs 2024
- +26.1%29 in 2025, from 23
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.
Ashraf in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ashraf in Arabic — same name
- Ashraf in Persian — same name
- Eşref in Turkish — same name
- Ashraf in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Minnesota, California.
Ashrafs among us
people named Ashraf are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Ashraf
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 Amel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ashraf's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Amel climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Amel's path sketches the road Ashraf is walking now.
Ashraf 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 Ashraf is headed
Ashraf 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.
Ashraf beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ashraf in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with an unusually clear grammatical structure behind it.
- Ash is available immediately as an entirely ordinary English short form.
- Recognized across the Arab world, Iran, Turkey and South Asia.
- In Iran and some Arab countries it is also used for women, so forms may guess wrong.
- The stress differs between the English and Arabic readings.
- It is close to Ashraf, Asif and Arif in an English ear.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ashrafs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Ashraf are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ashraf in 2025?
- Ashraf ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ashraf?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Ashraf — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ashraf with classmates?
- Ashraf will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ashraf
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