# Akram (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akram/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,453 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,453 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 689, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,168 |
| 2012 | 36 | 3,116 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,584 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,756 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,565 |
| 2016 | 52 | 2,438 |
| 2017 | 77 | 1,883 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,231 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,130 |
| 2020 | 71 | 1,997 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2,653 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,191 |
| 2023 | 85 | 1,868 |
| 2024 | 52 | 2,562 |
| 2025 | 64 | 2,208 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 34 | 866 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,040 |
| 2019 | 32 | 908 |
| 2020 | 28 | 993 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Akram

- Akram Aylisli, Azerbaijani writer
- Akram Khan, British dancer and choreographer
- Akram Khan, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Akram Tawfik, Egyptian association football player
- Akram Yari, Afghan politician
- Akramjon Komilov, association football player
- Akram Ojjeh, French businessman (1918–1991)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.