Given name & surname
Akram
“a generous man”
Akram is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,453
- 1,453 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 85 babies
- 2025
- 64
- #2,208 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 64 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,208 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,910 as a first name in 2020; 2,102 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Akram’s family of names
Akram has a related form in Akrem. Akram has a related form in Akrim. Akram has a related form in Akrom.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Akram
- Akram AfifQatari association football player (born 1996)
- Akram al-HouraniSyrian politician (1912–1996)
- Akram AylisliAzerbaijani writerborn 1937
- Akram NakachMoroccan footballer (born 2002)
- Akram KhanBritish dancer and choreographerborn 1974
- Akram TawfikEgyptian association football playerborn 1997
- Akram KhanBangladeshi cricketerborn 1968
- Akram YariAfghan politician1940–1979
- Akramjon Komilovassociation football playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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