Fun Facts About the Name Ikram
- 376 babies named Ikram: U.S. records list 376 babies given the name Ikram from 1880 through 2025. Even 43 boys received the name Ikram - about 1 boy for every 8 girls.
What Does the Name Ikram Mean?
Ikram is an Arabic name meaning "honor," "respect," or "generosity." It comes from the Arabic root k-r-m, which is associated with nobility, generosity, and dignity. The immediate source is the verbal noun ikrām (إكرام), from the verb akrama (أكرم), "to honor, respect, or treat generously." Related words from the same root include karam (generosity) and karama (dignity, honor). As a given name, Ikram is usually understood through these established senses rather than as a literal act of honoring.
Ikram Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the Arabic naming pattern that uses abstract nouns and verbal nouns as personal names. Its form is transparent in Arabic: ikrām is the noun of action from the fourth-form verb akrama. The same root k-r-m appears across classical Arabic vocabulary in words for generosity, nobility, and honor, and the related verb akrama appears in the Qur'an in passages about honoring a person and honoring the orphan (89:15 - 17).
From Arabic, the word and name entered Persian, Urdu, and Turkish through Arabic and Islamic vocabulary. Persian and Urdu retain the form ikrām; in Turkish, ikram has also developed the everyday sense of an offering or treat and appears as the given name İkram. These later uses are borrowings from Arabic, not separate origins of the name.
How Popular is the Name Ikram?
Ikram has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #5,490 in 2008.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,798 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #9,139 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #16,088 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #7,398 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #12,651 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #8,792 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #8,833 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #6,378 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #11,210 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #11,251 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #17,544 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #7,527 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #7,590 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #8,353 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #8,046 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #9,603 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #5,490 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #9,776 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #7,622 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #9,696 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #10,187 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #7,732 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #11,504 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #7,912 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #5,788 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #9,792 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #13,029 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #11,267 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #12,962 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #12,943 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #12,843 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #12,796 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,291 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,947 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #11,212 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #11,447 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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